# The Mines (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022, Regulation 2: Amendment of the Mines Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016


(1) The Mines Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1), for the definition of “action level” substitute—
““action level” in relation to respirable dust, means a concentration in air equal to or greater than 3mg/m3 as a time-weighted average over a 40 hour period;”.
(3) Omit regulation 44.
(4) In regulation 45—
(a) in paragraph (5) omit “and respirable crystalline silica”; and
(b) in paragraph (6)—
(i) in the words before sub-paragraph (a) omit “or respirable crystalline silica”, and
(ii) in sub-paragraph (a) omit “relevant”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2022/9/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mines-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2022/regulation-2
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