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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mines-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-1/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/427",
  "legislation_title": "The Mines Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mines-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For the purpose of paragraph 3—\n(a) “powered support” means a support which is advanced and set to the roof by mechanical energy;\n(b) “beam” means that part of a powered support system designed to be set to the roof; and\n(c) “immediate forward support system” means a system of supports designed to be advanced and set to the roof immediately after extraction by a coal-getting machine.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 4 in operation at 1.2.2017, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/427/schedule/1/paragraph/4",
    "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."
}