# The Miscellaneous Mines Order 1956, Paragraph 43


(1) A competent person appointed for the purpose by the manager of the mine shall at intervals not exceeding thirty days thoroughly examine each rope used for winding in a shaft or staple-pit.
(2) In the course of any such examination the rope shall be thoroughly cleaned at all places particularly liable to deterioration and at other places not more than three hundred feet apart throughout its length and at each of these places after cleaning examination shall be made of the circumference and surface condition of the rope and for any fractures of the wires.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1956/1778/schedule/FIRST/paragraph/43 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/miscellaneous-mines-order-1956/schedule-FIRST/paragraph-43
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