{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/miscellaneous-mines-order-1956/schedule-FIRST/paragraph-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/miscellaneous-mines-order-1956/schedule-FIRST/paragraph-21.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1956/1778",
  "legislation_title": "The Miscellaneous Mines Order 1956",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/miscellaneous-mines-order-1956",
  "path": "schedule/FIRST/paragraph/21",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A person operating any winding apparatus with which a shaft is provided shall not leave the controlling gear whilst the apparatus is in motion or when he has any cause to believe that anyone is in or on the cage or kibble.\n(2) Every person operating any such winding apparatus shall at least once during his shift examine the external parts of any engine which he operates to see if they are in proper working order.\n(3) After any cessation of winding exceeding two hours the person operating any such winding apparatus shall immediately before lowering or raising any person run the cage or kibble at least once between the top of the shaft and the lowest entrance to the shaft for the time being in use in order to ascertain whether winding can be safely resumed. If any defect likely to affect the proper working of the winding apparatus is thus discovered he shall not begin winding until the defect has been remedied.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1956/1778/schedule/FIRST/paragraph/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T01:15:24.935841+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."
}