# The Mines Miscellaneous Health and Safety Provisions Regulations 1995, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“the 1954 Act” means the Mines and Quarries Act 1954;
“the 1992 Regulations” means the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992;
“the 1993 Regulations” means the Management and Administration of Safety and Health at Mines Regulations 1993;
“approved” means approved for the time being in writing by the Executive and “approve” and “approval” shall be construed accordingly;
“employer” includes the owner if he employs persons at work at the mine;
“the Executive” means the Health and Safety Executive;
“gas outburst” means a sudden release of gas with or without the projection of minerals or rocks;
“the health and safety document” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 4;
“hydraulic fluid” means a fluid used for the transmission of hydrostatic or hydrokinetic mechanical energy;
“manager” means—
(a) the person appointed as the manager of the mine under regulation 8 of the 1993 Regulations; and
(b) in relation to a part of a mine, the person appointed as the manager of that part under regulation 15 of the 1993 Regulations;
“mine” means a mine within the meaning of the 1954 Act;
“owner” means an owner within the meaning of section 181 of the 1954 Act;
“rockburst” means a sudden failure of stopes, pillars, walls or other rock buttresses adjacent to or in the mine workings.
(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
(a) a reference to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule in these Regulations so numbered; and
(b) a reference to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph so numbered in the regulation or Schedule in which that reference occurs.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2005/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mines-miscellaneous-health-and-safety-provisions-regulations-1995/regulation-2
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