{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/miscellaneous-mines-order-1956/schedule-FIRST/paragraph-39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/miscellaneous-mines-order-1956/schedule-FIRST/paragraph-39.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/39",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "At every mine a competent person appointed for the purpose by the manager shall examine thoroughly—\n(a) at intervals not exceeding twenty-four hours, the external parts of any winding or haulage apparatus (including any apparatus ancillary thereto) which is in use for carrying persons through any shaft, staple-pit or unwalkable outlet;\n(b) at intervals not exceeding three months and immediately before use for carrying persons on any occasion, any winding or haulage apparatus which is provided for any shaft, staple-pit or unwalkable outlet but which is not ordinarily so used.",
  "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/39",
    "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."
}