# The Stratified Ironstone, Shale and Fireclay Mines (Explosives) Regulations 1956, Regulation 45: Parts of mines in which only explosives approved by the Minister may be used


No person shall, within fifteen feet of any waste below ground in any part of a mine to which this Part of these regulations applies, being waste in which there is not constantly produced ventilation adequate for the purposes specified in subsection (1) of section fifty-five of the Act, use any explosive other than explosive of a type and description approved by the Minister for use in places hazardous by reason of the presence or possibility of inflammable gas or of combustible dust.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1956/1943/regulation/45 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/stratified-ironstone-shale-and-fireclay-mines-explosives-regulations-1956/regulation-45
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