# Mines and Quarries Act 1954, Section 35: Height and width of travelling roads.


(1) Every length of road in a mine which is used at the beginning or end of a shift by not less than ten persons for the purpose of walking to or from their working places in the mine, being a length made after the commencement of this Act, shall be not less than 1.7 metres high throughout:
Provided that—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) an inspector may, by notice served on the manager of a particular mine, exempt from those provisions any such length of road as aforesaid in that mine or any part of any such length of road.
2)—(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/35 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mines-and-quarries-act-1954/section-35
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