{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mines-and-quarries-act-1954/section-153",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70",
  "legislation_title": "Mines and Quarries Act 1954",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mines-and-quarries-act-1954",
  "path": "section/153",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "153",
  "heading": "Accessories.",
  "text": "Without prejudice to the operation—\n(a) as respects England and Wales, of section eight of the Accessories and Abettors Act 1861, and section 44 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980; and\n(b) as respects Scotland, of section sixty-one of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1887, and section two of the Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Act 1954;\nany person who induces or procures, or consents to or connives at, the commission of an offence under this Act, shall be guilty of an offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43, SIF 82), Sch. 7 para. 11"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1861 c. 94."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1980 c. 43."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1887 c. 35."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "1954 c. 48."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/153",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:15:40.206842+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}