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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mines-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mines-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-26.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2016/427",
  "legislation_title": "The Mines Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mines-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "regulation/26",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Risks of explosion in coal mines",
  "text": "The mine operator shall ensure that (where necessary) there are in place—\n(a) adequate arrangements to ensure that there is sufficient inert content in dust in roadways in the mine to ensure that risks of explosion are controlled; and\n(b) suitable and effective barriers against the spread of explosion.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 26 in operation at 1.2.2017, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/427/regulation/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:53:48.438248+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."
}