# The Stratified Ironstone, Shale and Fireclay Mines (Explosives) Regulations 1956, Regulation 50: Use of safety fuse with attached igniter in mines of shale


Notwithstanding anything in regulation forty-four or forty-seven, if an inspector is of opinion that it is expedient to allow the firing of shots in any part of a mine to which this Part of these regulations applies, being a mine of shale, by means of safety fuse ignited by means of an igniter contained in a tube and attached to the fuse in such manner as to form a completely closed chamber, he may by notice served on the manager—
(a) exempt that part of the mine from the application of the said regulation forty-four; and
(b) authorise the firing of shots therein by those means.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1956/1943/regulation/50 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/stratified-ironstone-shale-and-fireclay-mines-explosives-regulations-1956/regulation-50
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