{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mines-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mines-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-29.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/29",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Duties relating to explosives in mines with explosive atmospheres",
  "text": "In mines in which places have been classified as hazardous under regulation 7(1) of DSEAR, the mine operator shall ensure that—\n(a) the only explosives that are used are suitable for use in such places; and\n(b) before a shot is charged or fired, suitable tests for the presence of flammable gases are carried out.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 29 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/29",
    "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."
}