# The Stratified Ironstone, Shale and Fireclay Mines (Explosives) Regulations 1956, Regulation 42: Schemes for remedial action


(1) The manager of every mine in which explosives are used shall ensure that there shall be at all times in force a scheme specifying the procedure to be followed in the event of a miss-fire and (if shots are fired electrically in the mine) in the event of an unsatisfactory result of a test made in pursuance of paragraph (6) of regulation twenty-eight, and any such scheme shall contain provisions for securing the safety of all persons in the vicinity.
(2) The manager of every mine at which such a scheme is in force shall ensure that a copy thereof is provided in the covered accommodation provided in pursuance of section one hundred and thirty-five of the Act and that a copy thereof is supplied to each shot firer and person appointed to fire shots by fuse employed at the mine.
(3) If an inspector is of opinion with respect to any such scheme that the provisions contained therein are not adequate to ensure the taking of proper remedial action in the event of a miss-fire or an unsatisfactory result of a test made in pursuance of paragraph (6) of regulation twenty-eight, or to ensure the taking of proper safety precautions, he may serve on the manager of the mine a notice stating that he is of that opinion, specifying the nature of the provision which in his opinion ought to be made and requiring the manager to amend the scheme accordingly and any such notice shall, if it is so specified therein, become operative forthwith.
(4) The provisions of Part XV of the Act with respect to references upon notices served by inspectors shall apply to a notice served under the last preceding paragraph and the relevant ground of objection to such a notice shall be that the provisions contained in the relevant scheme are adequate to ensure the taking of proper remedial action or the taking of proper safety precautions (as the case may be).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1956/1943/regulation/42 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/stratified-ironstone-shale-and-fireclay-mines-explosives-regulations-1956/regulation-42
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