# The Mines (Control of Ground Movement) Regulations 1999, Regulation 12: Installation of support material


(1) Any person who is installing support material shall install that material in accordance with the rules.
(2) Any person whose duties include the installation of support material at any place in a mine shall, where any part of the roof or sides at that place has become exposed and support material is needed for the purpose of keeping the exposed area safe–
(a) immediately install support material; or
(b) if he is unable to comply with sub-paragraph (a), immediately withdraw to a place of safety, prevent access to the exposed area and report the matter to an official of the mine.
(3) If it appears to any person whose duties include the installation of support material at any place in a mine that any such material at that place has become unsuitable or unstable, he shall–
(a) replace or make stable that support material as soon as possible, or
(b) if he is unable to comply with sub-paragraph (a), immediately withdraw to a place of safety, prevent access to the place at which the support material has become unsuitable or unstable and report the condition of the support material to an official of the mine.
(4) Any official of the mine who has received notification under paragraph (2)(b) or paragraph (3)(b), shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that–
(a) any person working or passing in the place where the support material needs to be installed, replaced or made stable, as the case may be, withdraws to a place of safety;
(b) access to that place is prevented; and
(c) as the case may be and as soon as possible, support material is installed or the support material which has become unsuitable or unstable is replaced or made stable.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2463/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mines-control-of-ground-movement-regulations-1999/regulation-12
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