{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mines-and-quarries-act-1954/section-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mines-and-quarries-act-1954/section-31.json",
  "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/31",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Safety precautions with respect to entrances to shafts, staple-pits and outlets.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 31(1)(2)(4)(5) repealed (1.4.1993 except in so far as the amending regulations apply to mines of tin or tin ore and 1.1.1996 in so far as they do apply to mines of tin or tin ore), by 1993/302, regs. 1, 22(1), Sch. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Ss. 29, 31(3), 32 repealed by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1Pt. I"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/31",
    "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."
}