{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mines-control-of-ground-movement-regulations-1999/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mines-control-of-ground-movement-regulations-1999/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2463",
  "legislation_title": "The Mines (Control of Ground Movement) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mines-control-of-ground-movement-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Certificates of exemption",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) the Executive may, by a certificate in writing, exempt from all or any requirements or prohibitions imposed by these Regulations, any mine, or part of a mine or class of mines and any such exemption may be granted subject to conditions and to a limit of time and may be revoked by a certificate in writing at any time.\n(2) The Executive shall not grant any such exemption unless, having regard to the circumstances of the case, and in particular to–\n(a) the conditions, if any, which it proposes to attach to the exemption; and\n(b) any other requirements imposed by or under any enactment which apply to the case,\nit is satisfied that the health and safety of persons who are likely to be affected by the exemption will not be prejudiced.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2463/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:58:20.234493+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."
}