{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mines-control-of-ground-movement-regulations-1999/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mines-control-of-ground-movement-regulations-1999/regulation-2.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/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–\n“the 1954 Act” means the Mines and Quarries Act 1954;\n“the 1993 Regulations” means the Management and Administration of Safety and Health at Mines Regulations 1993;\n“assessment of ground conditions” means the document referred to and described in regulation 5(b), as revised where necessary in accordance with regulation 5(c);\n“design document” means the document referred to and described in regulation 6(1)(a) as revised where necessary in accordance with regulation 6(1)(b);\n“the Executive” means the Health and Safety Executive;\n“ground control measure” means a measure designed to control the movement of the ground including the provision and installation of support materials;\n“manager” means in relation to any mine the person who is appointed under regulation 8 of the 1993 Regulations as the manager of that mine and any person who is appointed under regulation 15 of the 1993 Regulations as the manager for a part of that mine who shall be treated for the purpose of these Regulations as the manager in relation to that part;\n“mine” means a mine within the meaning of the 1954 Act;\n“official of the mine” means a person appointed in the management structure in accordance with regulation 10(1)(b) of the 1993 Regulations or to perform inspections in accordance with regulation 12(2) of those Regulations;\n“owner” shall have the meaning assigned to it by sub-sections 181(1) and (4) of the 1954 Act;\n“rules” means the rules referred to and described in regulation 7(1)(a), as revised where necessary in accordance with regulation 7(1)(b);\n“support material” includes a prop, bar, arch girder, powered support, rockbolt and any other equipment or material designed for the purpose of controlling the movement of the ground.\n(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–\n(a) any reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation in these Regulations so numbered; and\n(b) a reference to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph so numbered in the regulation in which that reference appears.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1954 c. 70; extended by the Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969 (c. 10); relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1974/2013, 1976/2063, 1988/1729, 1993/1897."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1993/1897, amended by S.I. 1995/2005, 1996/1592."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2463/regulation/2",
    "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."
}