http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/part/XIV/1991-10-14Mines and Quarries Act 1954An Act to make fresh provision with respect to the management and control of mines and quarries and for securing the safety, health and welfare of persons employed thereat; to regulate the employment thereat of women and young persons; to require the fencing of abandoned and disused mines and of quarries; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.1979-07-31texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2017-06-221991-10-14 Part XIV Offences, Penalties and Legal Proceedings <CommentaryRef Ref="c651042"/> Offences. <CommentaryRef Ref="c651043"/>1521In the event of a contravention, in relation to a mine, of—aa provision of this Act, of an order made thereunder or of regulations, not being a provision which expressly provides that a person is to be guilty of an offence; orba direction, prohibition, restriction or requirement given or imposed by a notice served under or by virtue of this Act by an inspector; orca condition attached to an exemption, consent, approval or authority granted or given under or by virtue of this Act by the Health and Safety Executive or an inspector;da requirement or prohibition imposed by or under health and safety regulations which expressly apply to all mines, any class of mine to which the mine belongs or the mine;each of the following persons shall, subject to the following provisions of this Act, be guilty of an offence, namely, the owner of the mine, any person to whom written instructions have been given by the owner in pursuance of section one of this Act specifying as, or including amongst, the matters with respect to which that person is charged with securing the fulfilment in relation to the mine of statutory responsibilities of the owner, matters of the class to which the provision, direction, prohibition, restriction, requirement or condition relates, the manager of the mine, any person who is for the time being treated for the purposes of this Act as the manager, ever under-manager of the mine and any person who is for the time being treated for the purposes of this Act as an under-manager thereof.2In the event of a contravention, in relation to a quarry of—aa provision of this Act or of regulations, not being a provision which expressly provides that a person is to be guilty of an offence; orba direction, prohibition, restriction or requirement given or imposed by a notice served under or by virtue of this Act by an inspector; orca condition attached to an exemption, consent, approval or authority, granted or given under or by virtue of this Act by the Health and Safety Executive or an inspector;da requirement or prohibition imposed by or under health and safety regulations which expressly apply to all quarries, any class of quarry to which the quarry belongs or the quarry.each of the following persons shall, subject to the following provisions of this Act, be guilty of an offence, namely, the owner of the quarry, any person to whom written instructions have been given by the owner in pursuance of section one of this Act specifying as, or including amongst, the matters with respect to which that person is charged with securing the fulfilment in relation to the quarry of statutory responsibilities of the owner, matters of the class to which the provision, direction, prohibition, restriction, requirement or condition relates, every manager of the quarry and any person who is for the time being treated for the purposes of this Act as a manager thereof:Provided that—neither a manager of a quarry who is not the sole manager thereof nor a person who is for the time being treated for the purposes of this Act as such a manager shall, by virtue of this subsection, be guilty of an offence by reason of any such contravention which took place in, or in relation to, a part of the quarry to which his jurisdiction did not, at the time of the contravention, extend; andneither a sole nor any other manager of a quarry nor a person who is for the time being treated for the purposes of this Act as a manager thereof shall, by virtue of this subsection, be guilty of an offence which consists of such a contravention as aforesaid with regard to a matter responsibility for which is duly reserved to the owner in pursuance of section one hundred of this Act.3In the event of a contravention, in relation to a mine, by a person other than one mentioned in subsection (1) of this section, of such a provision as is mentioned in paragraph (a) of that subsection, or such a requirement or prohibition as is mentioned in paragraph (d) of that subsection, whereby there is expressly imposed on that person or on persons of a class to which he belongs a duty or requirement or he or persons of a class to which he belongs or all persons are expressly prohibited from doing a specified act, the person who contravened that provision, as well as the persons mentioned in the said subsection (1), shall be guilty of an offence, and in the event of a contravention, in relation to a quarry, by a person other than one mentioned in subsection (2) of this section, of such a provision as is mentioned in paragraph (a) of that subsection, or such a requirement or prohibition as is mentioned in paragraph (d) of that subsection, whereby there is expressly imposed on that person or on persons of a class to which he belongs a duty or requirement or he or persons of a class to which he belongs or all persons are expressly prohibited from doing a specified act, the person who contravened that provision, as well as the persons mentioned in the said subsection (2), shall be guilty of an offence.4Neither the manager of a mine as such, nor a manager of a quarry as such, nor a person who is for the time being treated for the purposes of this Act as the manager of a mine or a manager of a quarry, nor an under-manager of a mine, nor a person who is for the time being treated for the purposes of this Act as such an under-manager shall, by virtue of subsection (1) or (2) of this section, be guilty of an offence by reason of a contravention by the owner of the mine or quarry of—aany provision of this Act, of an order made thereunder or of regulations, being a provision which expressly imposes on the owner of the mine or quarry a duty or requirement or a prohibition; orbany prohibition, restriction or requirement which, by virtue of a notice served under or by virtue of this Act by an inspector, is expressly imposed on the owner of the mine or quarry;cany requirement or prohibition expressly imposed by or under such health and safety regulations as are mentioned in paragraph (d) of subsections (1) and (2) of this section on the owner of the mine or quarry.or of a contravention of section three or one hundred and one of this Act. Accessories.153Without prejudice to the operation—aas respects England and Wales, of section eight of the Accessories and Abettors Act 1861, and section 44 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980; andbas respects Scotland, of section sixty-one of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1887, and section two of the Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Act 1954;any person who induces or procures, or consents to or connives at, the commission of an offence under this Act, shall be guilty of an offence. Supplementary provisions as to offences.1541If any persons are employed at a mine or quarry otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Act, orders made thereunder and regulations, there shall be deemed to be a separate contravention in respect of each person so employed.2If a person acts as manager of a mine in contravention of the provisions of subsection (1) of section five of this Act, of any condition attached to an approval granted under that subsection or of a direction given by a notice served under subsection (2) of that section, there shall be deemed to be a separate contravention in relation to each mine as manager of which he acts. Penalty for offences for which no express penalty is provided. <CommentaryRef Ref="c651080"/>1551A person guilty of an offence under this Act for which no express penalty is provided shall be liable—aif he is the owner of a mine or quarry, a person to whom instructions have been given by the owner of a mine or quarry in pursuance of section one of this Act, the manager of a mine or a manager of a quarry, a person who is for the time being treated for the purposes of this Act as the manager of a mine or a manager of a quarry, an under-manager of a mine, a person who is for the time being treated for the purposes of this Act as such an under-manager or the surveyor for a mine, to a fine not exceeding two hundred poundslevel 4 on the standard scale; andbif not, to a fine not exceeding twenty poundslevel 1 on the standard scale;and, if the contravention in respect of which he was convicted is continued after the conviction, he shall be guilty of a further offence and liable, in respect thereof, to a fine not exceeding five pounds for each day on which the contravention is so continued.2Where the court by which a person is convicted of any such offence as aforesaid is satisfied that the contravention in respect of which he is convicted—awas likely to cause the death of, or serious bodily injury to, a person employed at the mine or quarry in relation to which the contravention occurred or a dangerous accident; orbwas likely to endanger the safety of any such person; the court may impose upon the person convicted (either in addition to, or in substitution for, a fine) imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months. Defence available to person charged with offence not committed personally.156In any proceedings under this Act which, by virtue of subsection (1) or (2) of section one hundred and fifty-two of this Act, are taken against a person in respect of the contravention by a person other than himself of—aa provision of the Act, of an order made thereunder or of regulations, being a provision which expressly imposes on that other person or on persons of a class to which, at the time of the contravention, he belonged, a duty or requirement or expressly prohibits him or persons of such a class or all persons from doing a specified act; orba prohibition, restriction or requirement which by virtue of a notice served under or by virtue of this Act by an inspector is expressly imposed on that other person; ca requirement or prohibition imposed by or under health and safety regulations which expressly apply to all mines or quarries, any class of mine or quarry or a particular mine or quarry being a requirement expressly imposed on that person or on persons of a class to which, at the time of the contravention, he belonged or a prohibition expressly imposed on him or on persons of such class or on all persons from doing a specified act;it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that he used all due diligence to secure compliance with the provision, prohibition, restriction or requirement, as the case may be. Persons not to be under liability for contraventions which it was impracticable to avoid or prevent. <CommentaryRef Ref="c651091"/>157It shall be a defence in any legal proceedings to recover damages and in any prosecution, in so far as the proceedings or prosecution are or is based on an allegation of a contravention, in relation to a mine or quarry, of—aa provision of this Act, of an order made thereunder or of regulations (not being a provision which expressly provides that a person is to be guilty of an offence); orba direction, prohibition, restriction, or requirement given or imposed by a notice served under or by virtue of this Act by an inspector; orca condition attached to an exemption, consent, approval or authority granted or given under or by virtue of this Act by the Health and Safety Executive or an inspector; da requirement or prohibition imposed by or under such health and safety regulations as are mentioned in subsection (1)(d) or (2)(d) of section 152 of this Act;to prove that it was impracticable to avoid or prevent the contravention. Special defence available to mine under-managers with limited jurisdiction.1581In any proceedings which, by virtue of subsection (1) of section one hundred and fifty-two of this Act are taken, in respect of such a contravention as is mentioned in that subsection against an under-manager of a mine acting as such, being an under-manager whose jurisdiction is limited to part only of the mine, it shall be a defence for him to prove that the contravention did not take place in, or in relation to, the part of the mine to which his jurisdiction was limited and that no act or omission of his caused or contributed to the contravention.2The foregoing subsection shall apply to a person who is for the time being treated for the purposes of this Act as an under-manager of a mine, being a person whose jurisdiction is limited to part only of the mine, as it applies to an under-manager whose jurisdiction is so limited. Liability of owners for breaches of statutory duty by their servants.159For the removal of doubts it is hereby declared that the owner of a mine or quarry is not absolved from liability to pay damages in respect of a contravention, in relation to the mine or quarry, by a person employed by him of—aa provision of this Act, of an order made thereunder or of regulations; orba prohibition, restriction or requirement imposed by a notice served under or by virtue of this Act by an inspector;by reason only that the provision contravened was one which expressly imposed on that person or on persons of a class to which, at the time of the contravention, he belonged, a duty or requirement or expressly prohibited that person, or persons of such a class or all persons from doing a specified act or, as the case may be, that the prohibition, restriction or requirement was expressly imposed on that person or that that person was, in pursuance of this Act or regulations, appointed by a person other than the owner. Liability of parents for unlawful employment of young persons160If a young person is employed at a mine or quarry in contravention of the provisions of this Act, the parent of the young person shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale, unless it appears to the court that the contravention occurred without the consent, connivance or wilful default of the parent.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c651112"/>161 Removal or defacement of notices, &c.162If, without reasonable excuse, a person removes, . . . aa notice which is for the time being posted at a mine or quarry in pursuance of any provision of this Act or regulations; orba document which, in pursuance of section one hundred and thirty-five of this Act, is for the time being provided in accommodation provided in pursuance of that section;he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale. Prosecution of offences.1631Any offence under this Act with respect to the trial of which no express provision is made by this Act may be tried either summarily or upon indictment.2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restriction on institution of certain proceedings. <CommentaryRef Ref="c651121"/>164No proceedings for an offence under this Act shall, in England or Wales, be instituted against any such person as is mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section one hundred and fifty-five of this Act except by an inspector or by or with the consent of the Minister or the Attorney General. Duty to report results of proceedings against persons employed at mines or quarries.1651An owner or manager of a mine or quarry by whom are instituted proceedings against a person employed at the mine or quarry for an offence under this Act shall, within twenty-one days after the conclusion of the trial of that person for that offence, give to the inspector for the district notice of the result of the trial and shall also, within twenty-one days after the conclusion of any proceedings by way of appeal arising out of the trial, give to the inspector for the district notice of the result of those proceedings.2For the purposes of this section the bringing of proceedings before the High Court to quash a conviction by order of certiorari shall be deemed to be an appeal. Liability of parents for unlawful employment of children.166For the purposes of any proceedings under this Act in respect of the employment of children in contravention of . . . , section one hundred and thirty six of the Education (Scotland) Act 1962, or section one of the Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children Act 1920 (being enactments which prohibit the employment of children in factories, mines and quarries and, so far as they relate to mines and quarries, are incorporated with this Act), the references in section one hundred and sixty of this Act to a young person shall be construed as including references to a child within the meaning of . . . the said section seventeen or the said section one, as the case may be.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c651137"/>1671861 c. 94. Words substituted by Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43, SIF 82), Sch. 7 para. 111980 c. 43. 1887 c. 35. 1954 c. 48. S. 155 repealed except in respect of a contravention of a provision of s. 151(1) by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. IS. 155(1)(a) for “£200” there is substituted (S.) “level 4 on the standard scale” by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G, 457AS. 155(1)(b) for “£20” there is substituted (S.) “level 1 on the standard scale” by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G, 457ASs. 161, 163(2)–(6) repealed by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. IS. 163(1) repealed except in respect of a contravention of a provision of s. 151(1) by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. ISs. 161, 163(2)–(6) repealed by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. IS. 164 repealed except in respect of a contravention of a provision of s. 151(1) by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 1 Pt. 1S. 167 repealed by Criminal Justice Act 1972 (c. 71), Sch. 6 Pt. IIIPt. XIV amended by Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969 (c. 10), Sch. 1 para. 7; extended by Mines Management Act 1971 (c. 20), s. 3(2)S. 152 extended by Mines Management Act 1971 (c. 20), s. 1(3)S. 152(1)(2) excluded by Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969 (c. 10), s. 3(2)S. 152(1) amended by Mines Management Act 1971 (c. 20) , s. 2(1)Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 2 para. 3S. 152(1)(d) inserted by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 2 para. 12(a)S. 152(2)(d) inserted by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 2 para. 12(b)Words substituted by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 2 para. 12(c)S. 152(4)(c) inserted by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 2 para. 12 (d)S. 156(c) inserted by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 2 para. 13S. 157 excluded (1.4.1989 and 1.4.1994) by S.I. 1988/1729, regs. 1(1)(a)(b), 11, restricted by S.I. 1988/1930, regs. 3, 15, excluded by S.I. 1989/635, reg. 28S. 157 excluded (1.4.1993 except in so far as those regulations apply to mines of tin or tin ore and 1.1.1996 in so far as they do apply to mines of tin or tin ore) by S.I. 1993/302, regs. 1,21.S. 157 restricted (1.10.1993) by S.I. 1993/1897, reg.39.S. 157 excluded (1.4.1993) by 1993/208, reg. 40(2).S. 157 excluded (1.1.1994) by 1993/2331, reg. 7.S. 157 excluded (26.10.1995) by S.I. 1995/2005, reg. 9S. 157 excluded (28.12.1995) by S.I. 1995/2870, reg. 29S. 157 excluded (1.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/2463, reg. 16Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 2 para. 3S. 157(d) inserted by S.I. 1974/2013, Sch. 2 para. 14Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289GWords repealed by Criminal Damage Act 1971 (c. 48), Sch. Pt IIWords substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289GWords repealed by Education Act 1973 (c. 16), Sch. 2 Pt. IWords substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), s. 17(2)1962 c. 47. 1920 c. 65.
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<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152/1/b/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152/1/b" id="section-152-1-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>a direction, prohibition, restriction or requirement given or imposed by a notice served under or by virtue of this Act by an inspector; or</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152/1/c/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152/1/c" id="section-152-1-c">
<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
a condition attached to an exemption, consent, approval or authority granted or given under or by virtue of this Act by
<Addition ChangeId="d30p11882" CommentaryRef="c651046">the Health and Safety Executive</Addition>
or an inspector;
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152/1/d/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152/1/d" id="section-152-1-d">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d30p11886" CommentaryRef="c651047">d</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d30p11886" CommentaryRef="c651047">a requirement or prohibition imposed by or under health and safety regulations which expressly apply to all mines, any class of mine to which the mine belongs or the mine;</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<Text>each of the following persons shall, subject to the following provisions of this Act, be guilty of an offence, namely, the owner of the mine, any person to whom written instructions have been given by the owner in pursuance of section one of this Act specifying as, or including amongst, the matters with respect to which that person is charged with securing the fulfilment in relation to the mine of statutory responsibilities of the owner, matters of the class to which the provision, direction, prohibition, restriction, requirement or condition relates, the manager of the mine, any person who is for the time being treated for the purposes of this Act as the manager, ever under-manager of the mine and any person who is for the time being treated for the purposes of this Act as an under-manager thereof.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152/2/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152/2" id="section-152-2">
<Pnumber>
<CommentaryRef Ref="c651044"/>
2
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>In the event of a contravention, in relation to a quarry of—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152/2/a/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152/2/a" id="section-152-2-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>a provision of this Act or of regulations, not being a provision which expressly provides that a person is to be guilty of an offence; or</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152/2/b/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152/2/b" id="section-152-2-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>a direction, prohibition, restriction or requirement given or imposed by a notice served under or by virtue of this Act by an inspector; or</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152/2/c/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152/2/c" id="section-152-2-c">
<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
a condition attached to an exemption, consent, approval or authority, granted or given under or by virtue of this Act by
<Addition ChangeId="d30p11921" CommentaryRef="c651046">the Health and Safety Executive</Addition>
or an inspector;
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152/2/d/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152/2/d" id="section-152-2-d">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d30p11925" CommentaryRef="c651050">d</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d30p11925" CommentaryRef="c651050">a requirement or prohibition imposed by or under health and safety regulations which expressly apply to all quarries, any class of quarry to which the quarry belongs or the quarry.</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<Text>each of the following persons shall, subject to the following provisions of this Act, be guilty of an offence, namely, the owner of the quarry, any person to whom written instructions have been given by the owner in pursuance of section one of this Act specifying as, or including amongst, the matters with respect to which that person is charged with securing the fulfilment in relation to the quarry of statutory responsibilities of the owner, matters of the class to which the provision, direction, prohibition, restriction, requirement or condition relates, every manager of the quarry and any person who is for the time being treated for the purposes of this Act as a manager thereof:</Text>
<BlockText>
<Text>Provided that—</Text>
<OrderedList Type="roman" Decoration="parens">
<ListItem NumberOverride="i">
<Para>
<Text>neither a manager of a quarry who is not the sole manager thereof nor a person who is for the time being treated for the purposes of this Act as such a manager shall, by virtue of this subsection, be guilty of an offence by reason of any such contravention which took place in, or in relation to, a part of the quarry to which his jurisdiction did not, at the time of the contravention, extend; and</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem NumberOverride="ii">
<Para>
<Text>neither a sole nor any other manager of a quarry nor a person who is for the time being treated for the purposes of this Act as a manager thereof shall, by virtue of this subsection, be guilty of an offence which consists of such a contravention as aforesaid with regard to a matter responsibility for which is duly reserved to the owner in pursuance of section one hundred of this Act.</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</BlockText>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152/3/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152/3" id="section-152-3">
<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
In the event of a contravention, in relation to a mine, by a person other than one mentioned in subsection (1) of this section, of such a provision as is mentioned in paragraph (a) of that subsection,
<Addition ChangeId="d30p11954" CommentaryRef="c651051">or such a requirement or prohibition as is mentioned in paragraph (d) of that subsection, whereby there is expressly imposed on that person or on persons of a class to which he belongs a duty or requirement or he or persons of a class to which he belongs or all persons are expressly prohibited</Addition>
from doing a specified act, the person who contravened that provision, as well as the persons mentioned in the said subsection (1), shall be guilty of an offence, and in the event of a contravention, in relation to a quarry, by a person other than one mentioned in subsection (2) of this section, of such a provision as is mentioned in paragraph (a) of that subsection,
<Addition ChangeId="d30p11958" CommentaryRef="c651051">or such a requirement or prohibition as is mentioned in paragraph (d) of that subsection, whereby there is expressly imposed on that person or on persons of a class to which he belongs a duty or requirement or he or persons of a class to which he belongs or all persons are expressly prohibited</Addition>
from doing a specified act, the person who contravened that provision, as well as the persons mentioned in the said subsection (2), shall be guilty of an offence.
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152/4/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152/4" id="section-152-4">
<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Neither the manager of a mine as such, nor a manager of a quarry as such, nor a person who is for the time being treated for the purposes of this Act as the manager of a mine or a manager of a quarry, nor an under-manager of a mine, nor a person who is for the time being treated for the purposes of this Act as such an under-manager shall, by virtue of subsection (1) or (2) of this section, be guilty of an offence by reason of a contravention by the owner of the mine or quarry of—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152/4/a/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152/4/a" id="section-152-4-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>any provision of this Act, of an order made thereunder or of regulations, being a provision which expressly imposes on the owner of the mine or quarry a duty or requirement or a prohibition; or</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152/4/b/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152/4/b" id="section-152-4-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>any prohibition, restriction or requirement which, by virtue of a notice served under or by virtue of this Act by an inspector, is expressly imposed on the owner of the mine or quarry;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152/4/c/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152/4/c" id="section-152-4-c">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d30p11980" CommentaryRef="c651053">c</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d30p11980" CommentaryRef="c651053">any requirement or prohibition expressly imposed by or under such health and safety regulations as are mentioned in paragraph (d) of subsections (1) and (2) of this section on the owner of the mine or quarry</Addition>
.
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<Text>or of a contravention of section three or one hundred and one of this Act.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group>
<Title> Accessories.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/153/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/153" id="section-153">
<Pnumber>153</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<Text>Without prejudice to the operation—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/153/a/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/153/a" id="section-153-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
as respects England and Wales, of section eight of the
<CommentaryRef Ref="c651074"/>
Accessories and Abettors Act 1861, and
<Addition ChangeId="d30p3972" CommentaryRef="c651075">section 44 of the </Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d30p3972" CommentaryRef="c651075">
<CommentaryRef Ref="c651076"/>
Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980
</Addition>
; and
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/153/b/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/153/b" id="section-153-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
as respects Scotland, of section sixty-one of the
<CommentaryRef Ref="c651077"/>
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1887, and section two of the
<CommentaryRef Ref="c651078"/>
Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Act 1954;
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<Text>any person who induces or procures, or consents to or connives at, the commission of an offence under this Act, shall be guilty of an offence.</Text>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictExtent="E+W+S" RestrictEndDate="2000-01-01">
<Title> Supplementary provisions as to offences.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/154/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/154" id="section-154">
<Pnumber>154</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/154/1/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/154/1" id="section-154-1">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>If any persons are employed at a mine or quarry otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Act, orders made thereunder and regulations, there shall be deemed to be a separate contravention in respect of each person so employed.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/154/2/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/154/2" id="section-154-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>If a person acts as manager of a mine in contravention of the provisions of subsection (1) of section five of this Act, of any condition attached to an approval granted under that subsection or of a direction given by a notice served under subsection (2) of that section, there shall be deemed to be a separate contravention in relation to each mine as manager of which he acts.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group>
<Title>
Penalty for offences for which no express penalty is provided.
<CommentaryRef Ref="c651080"/>
</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/155/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/155" id="section-155">
<Pnumber>155</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/155/1/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/155/1" id="section-155-1">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>A person guilty of an offence under this Act for which no express penalty is provided shall be liable—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/155/1/a/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/155/1/a" id="section-155-1-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
if he is the owner of a mine or quarry, a person to whom instructions have been given by the owner of a mine or quarry in pursuance of section one of this Act, the manager of a mine or a manager of a quarry, a person who is for the time being treated for the purposes of this Act as the manager of a mine or a manager of a quarry, an under-manager of a mine, a person who is for the time being treated for the purposes of this Act as such an under-manager or the surveyor for a mine, to a fine not exceeding
<Addition ChangeId="d30p4033" CommentaryRef="c651081">two hundred pounds</Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d30p4036" CommentaryRef="c651081">level 4 on the standard scale</Addition>
; and
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/155/1/b/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/155/1/b" id="section-155-1-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
if not, to a fine not exceeding
<Addition ChangeId="d30p4046" CommentaryRef="c651083">twenty pounds</Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d30p4049" CommentaryRef="c651083">level 1 on the standard scale</Addition>
;
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<Text>and, if the contravention in respect of which he was convicted is continued after the conviction, he shall be guilty of a further offence and liable, in respect thereof, to a fine not exceeding five pounds for each day on which the contravention is so continued.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/155/2/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/155/2" id="section-155-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Where the court by which a person is convicted of any such offence as aforesaid is satisfied that the contravention in respect of which he is convicted—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/155/2/a/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/155/2/a" id="section-155-2-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>was likely to cause the death of, or serious bodily injury to, a person employed at the mine or quarry in relation to which the contravention occurred or a dangerous accident; or</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/155/2/b/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/155/2/b" id="section-155-2-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>was likely to endanger the safety of any such person; the court may impose upon the person convicted (either in addition to, or in substitution for, a fine) imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictExtent="E+W+S" RestrictEndDate="2000-01-01">
<Title> Defence available to person charged with offence not committed personally.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/156/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/156" id="section-156">
<Pnumber>156</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<Text>In any proceedings under this Act which, by virtue of subsection (1) or (2) of section one hundred and fifty-two of this Act, are taken against a person in respect of the contravention by a person other than himself of—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/156/a/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/156/a" id="section-156-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>a provision of the Act, of an order made thereunder or of regulations, being a provision which expressly imposes on that other person or on persons of a class to which, at the time of the contravention, he belonged, a duty or requirement or expressly prohibits him or persons of such a class or all persons from doing a specified act; or</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/156/b/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/156/b" id="section-156-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>a prohibition, restriction or requirement which by virtue of a notice served under or by virtue of this Act by an inspector is expressly imposed on that other person; </Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/156/c/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/156/c" id="section-156-c">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d30p12035" CommentaryRef="c651085">c</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d30p12035" CommentaryRef="c651085">a requirement or prohibition imposed by or under health and safety regulations which expressly apply to all mines or quarries, any class of mine or quarry or a particular mine or quarry being a requirement expressly imposed on that person or on persons of a class to which, at the time of the contravention, he belonged or a prohibition expressly imposed on him or on persons of such class or on all persons from doing a specified act;</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<Text>it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that he used all due diligence to secure compliance with the provision, prohibition, restriction or requirement, as the case may be.</Text>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictExtent="E+W+S" RestrictEndDate="2000-01-01">
<Title>
Persons not to be under liability for contraventions which it was impracticable to avoid or prevent.
<CommentaryRef Ref="c651091"/>
</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/157/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/157" id="section-157">
<Pnumber>
<CommentaryRef Ref="c651092"/>
<CommentaryRef Ref="c651093"/>
<CommentaryRef Ref="c651094"/>
<CommentaryRef Ref="c651095"/>
157
</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<Text>It shall be a defence in any legal proceedings to recover damages and in any prosecution, in so far as the proceedings or prosecution are or is based on an allegation of a contravention, in relation to a mine or quarry, of—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/157/a/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/157/a" id="section-157-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>a provision of this Act, of an order made thereunder or of regulations (not being a provision which expressly provides that a person is to be guilty of an offence); or</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/157/b/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/157/b" id="section-157-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>a direction, prohibition, restriction, or requirement given or imposed by a notice served under or by virtue of this Act by an inspector; or</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/157/c/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/157/c" id="section-157-c">
<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
a condition attached to an exemption, consent, approval or authority granted or given under or by virtue of this Act by
<Addition ChangeId="d30p12079" CommentaryRef="c651096">the Health and Safety Executive</Addition>
or an inspector;
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/157/d/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/157/d" id="section-157-d">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d30p12083" CommentaryRef="c651097">d</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d30p12083" CommentaryRef="c651097">a requirement or prohibition imposed by or under such health and safety regulations as are mentioned in subsection (1)(d) or (2)(d) of section 152 of this Act;</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<Text>to prove that it was impracticable to avoid or prevent the contravention.</Text>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictExtent="E+W+S" RestrictEndDate="1993-10-01">
<Title> Special defence available to mine under-managers with limited jurisdiction.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/158/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/158" id="section-158">
<Pnumber>158</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/158/1/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/158/1" id="section-158-1">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>In any proceedings which, by virtue of subsection (1) of section one hundred and fifty-two of this Act are taken, in respect of such a contravention as is mentioned in that subsection against an under-manager of a mine acting as such, being an under-manager whose jurisdiction is limited to part only of the mine, it shall be a defence for him to prove that the contravention did not take place in, or in relation to, the part of the mine to which his jurisdiction was limited and that no act or omission of his caused or contributed to the contravention.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/158/2/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/158/2" id="section-158-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>The foregoing subsection shall apply to a person who is for the time being treated for the purposes of this Act as an under-manager of a mine, being a person whose jurisdiction is limited to part only of the mine, as it applies to an under-manager whose jurisdiction is so limited.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictExtent="E+W+S" RestrictEndDate="2000-01-01">
<Title> Liability of owners for breaches of statutory duty by their servants.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/159/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/159" id="section-159">
<Pnumber>159</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<Text>For the removal of doubts it is hereby declared that the owner of a mine or quarry is not absolved from liability to pay damages in respect of a contravention, in relation to the mine or quarry, by a person employed by him of—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/159/a/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/159/a" id="section-159-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>a provision of this Act, of an order made thereunder or of regulations; or</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/159/b/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/159/b" id="section-159-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>a prohibition, restriction or requirement imposed by a notice served under or by virtue of this Act by an inspector;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<Text>by reason only that the provision contravened was one which expressly imposed on that person or on persons of a class to which, at the time of the contravention, he belonged, a duty or requirement or expressly prohibited that person, or persons of such a class or all persons from doing a specified act or, as the case may be, that the prohibition, restriction or requirement was expressly imposed on that person or that that person was, in pursuance of this Act or regulations, appointed by a person other than the owner.</Text>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictExtent="E+W+S" RestrictEndDate="2000-01-01">
<Title> Liability of parents for unlawful employment of young persons</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/160/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/160" id="section-160">
<Pnumber>160</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<Text>
If a young person is employed at a mine or quarry in contravention of the provisions of this Act, the parent of the young person shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding
<Addition ChangeId="d30p12150" CommentaryRef="c651109">level 1 on the standard scale</Addition>
, unless it appears to the court that the contravention occurred without the consent, connivance or wilful default of the parent.
</Text>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group>
<Title>
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
<CommentaryRef Ref="c651112"/>
</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/161/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/161" id="section-161">
<Pnumber>161</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<Text/>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictExtent="E+W+S" RestrictEndDate="1993-10-01">
<Title> Removal or defacement of notices, &c.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/162/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/162" id="section-162">
<Pnumber>162</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<Text>
If, without reasonable excuse, a person removes, . . .
<CommentaryRef Ref="c651113"/>
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/162/a/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/162/a" id="section-162-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>a notice which is for the time being posted at a mine or quarry in pursuance of any provision of this Act or regulations; or</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/162/b/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/162/b" id="section-162-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>a document which, in pursuance of section one hundred and thirty-five of this Act, is for the time being provided in accommodation provided in pursuance of that section;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<Text>
he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding
<Addition ChangeId="d30p12181" CommentaryRef="c651114">level 1 on the standard scale</Addition>
.
</Text>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group>
<Title> Prosecution of offences.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/163/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/163" id="section-163">
<Pnumber>163</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/163/1/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/163/1" id="section-163-1">
<Pnumber>
<CommentaryRef Ref="c651119"/>
1
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Any offence under this Act with respect to the trial of which no express provision is made by this Act may be tried either summarily or upon indictment.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/163/26/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/163/26" id="section-163-26">
<Pnumber PuncAfter=")—(6)">2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
<CommentaryRef Ref="c651120"/>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group>
<Title>
Restriction on institution of certain proceedings.
<CommentaryRef Ref="c651121"/>
</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/164/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/164" id="section-164">
<Pnumber>164</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<Text>No proceedings for an offence under this Act shall, in England or Wales, be instituted against any such person as is mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section one hundred and fifty-five of this Act except by an inspector or by or with the consent of the Minister or the Attorney General.</Text>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictExtent="E+W+S" RestrictEndDate="2000-01-01">
<Title> Duty to report results of proceedings against persons employed at mines or quarries.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/165/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/165" id="section-165">
<Pnumber>165</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/165/1/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/165/1" id="section-165-1">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>An owner or manager of a mine or quarry by whom are instituted proceedings against a person employed at the mine or quarry for an offence under this Act shall, within twenty-one days after the conclusion of the trial of that person for that offence, give to the inspector for the district notice of the result of the trial and shall also, within twenty-one days after the conclusion of any proceedings by way of appeal arising out of the trial, give to the inspector for the district notice of the result of those proceedings.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/165/2/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/165/2" id="section-165-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>For the purposes of this section the bringing of proceedings before the High Court to quash a conviction by order of certiorari shall be deemed to be an appeal.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictExtent="E+W+S" RestrictEndDate="2000-01-01">
<Title> Liability of parents for unlawful employment of children.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/166/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/166" id="section-166">
<Pnumber>166</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<Text>
For the purposes of any proceedings under this Act in respect of the employment of children in contravention of . . .
<CommentaryRef Ref="c651124"/>
,
<Addition ChangeId="d30p12251" CommentaryRef="c651125">section one hundred and thirty six of the </Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d30p12251" CommentaryRef="c651125">
<CommentaryRef Ref="c651126"/>
Education (Scotland) Act 1962,
</Addition>
or section one of the
<CommentaryRef Ref="c651127"/>
Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children Act 1920 (being enactments which prohibit the employment of children in factories, mines and quarries and, so far as they relate to mines and quarries, are incorporated with this Act), the references in section one hundred and sixty of this Act to a young person shall be construed as including references to a child within the meaning of . . .
<CommentaryRef Ref="c651124"/>
the said section seventeen or the said section one, as the case may be.
</Text>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group>
<Title>
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
<CommentaryRef Ref="c651137"/>
</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/167/1991-10-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/167" id="section-167">
<Pnumber>167</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<Text/>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
</Part>
</Body>
</Primary>
<Commentaries>
<Commentary id="c651074" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1861/94" id="c00873" Year="1861" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="94">1861 c. 94</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651075" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words substituted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1980/43" id="c00874" Year="1980" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="43" Title="Magistrates' Courts Act 1980">Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43, SIF 82)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00875" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1980/43/schedule/7/paragraph/11" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00874" SectionRef="schedule-7-paragraph-11">Sch. 7 para. 11</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651076" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1980/43" id="c00876" Year="1980" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="43">1980 c. 43</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651077" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1887/35" id="c00877" Year="1887" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="35">1887 c. 35</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651078" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1954/48" id="c00878" Year="1954" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="48">1954 c. 48</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651080" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c00884" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/155" SectionRef="section-155">S. 155</CitationSubRef>
repealed except in respect of a contravention of a provision of s. 151(1) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1974/2013" id="c00885" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1974" Number="2013">S.I. 1974/2013</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00886" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1974/2013/schedule/1/part/I" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00885" SectionRef="schedule-1-part-I">Sch. 1 Pt. I</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651081" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c00887" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/155/1" SectionRef="section-155-1">S. 155(1)</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>a</Emphasis>
) for “£200” there is substituted (S.) “level 4 on the standard scale” by virtue of
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1975/21" id="c00888" Year="1975" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="21" Title="Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975">Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00889" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1975/21/section/289F" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00888" SectionRef="section-289F">ss. 289F</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00890" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1975/21/section/289G" CitationRef="c00888" SectionRef="section-289G">289G</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00891" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1975/21/section/457A" CitationRef="c00888" SectionRef="section-457A">457A</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651083" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c00892" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/155/1" SectionRef="section-155-1">S. 155(1)</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>b</Emphasis>
) for “£20” there is substituted (S.) “level 1 on the standard scale” by virtue of
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1975/21" id="c00893" Year="1975" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="21" Title="Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975">Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00894" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1975/21/section/289F" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00893" SectionRef="section-289F">ss. 289F</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00895" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1975/21/section/289G" CitationRef="c00893" SectionRef="section-289G">289G</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00896" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1975/21/section/457A" CitationRef="c00893" SectionRef="section-457A">457A</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651112" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c00967" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/161" SectionRef="section-161">Ss. 161</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00968" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/163/2" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/163/6" Type="group" StartSectionRef="section-163-2" EndSectionRef="section-163-6">163(2)–(6)</CitationSubRef>
repealed by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1974/2013" id="c00969" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1974" Number="2013">S.I. 1974/2013</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00970" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1974/2013/schedule/1/part/I" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00969" SectionRef="schedule-1-part-I">Sch. 1 Pt. I</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651119" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c00976" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/163/1" SectionRef="section-163-1">S. 163(1)</CitationSubRef>
repealed except in respect of a contravention of a provision of s. 151(1) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1974/2013" id="c00977" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1974" Number="2013">S.I. 1974/2013</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00978" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1974/2013/schedule/1/part/I" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00977" SectionRef="schedule-1-part-I">Sch. 1 Pt. I</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651120" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c00979" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/161" SectionRef="section-161">Ss. 161</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00980" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/163/2" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/163/6" Type="group" StartSectionRef="section-163-2" EndSectionRef="section-163-6">163(2)–(6)</CitationSubRef>
repealed by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1974/2013" id="c00981" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1974" Number="2013">S.I. 1974/2013</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00982" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1974/2013/schedule/1/part/I" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00981" SectionRef="schedule-1-part-I">Sch. 1 Pt. I</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651121" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c00983" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/164" SectionRef="section-164">S. 164</CitationSubRef>
repealed except in respect of a contravention of a provision of s. 151(1) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1974/2013" id="c00984" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1974" Number="2013">S.I. 1974/2013</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00985" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1974/2013/schedule/1/part/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00984" SectionRef="schedule-1-part-1">Sch. 1 Pt. 1</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651137" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01007" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/167" SectionRef="section-167">S. 167</CitationSubRef>
repealed by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/71" id="c01008" Year="1972" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="71" Title="Criminal Justice Act 1972">Criminal Justice Act 1972 (c. 71)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01009" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/71/schedule/6/part/III" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01008" SectionRef="schedule-6-part-III">Sch. 6 Pt. III</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651042" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01010" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/part/XIV" SectionRef="part-XIV">Pt. XIV</CitationSubRef>
amended by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/10" id="c01011" Year="1969" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="10" Title="Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969">Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969 (c. 10)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01012" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/10/schedule/1/paragraph/7" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01011" SectionRef="schedule-1-paragraph-7">Sch. 1 para. 7</CitationSubRef>
; extended by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/20" id="c01013" Year="1971" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="20" Title="Mines Management Act 1971">Mines Management Act 1971 (c. 20)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01014" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/20/section/3/2" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01013" SectionRef="section-3-2">s. 3(2)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651043" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01630" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152" SectionRef="section-152">S. 152</CitationSubRef>
extended by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/20" id="c01631" Year="1971" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="20" Title="Mines Management Act 1971">Mines Management Act 1971 (c. 20)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01632" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/20/section/1/3" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01631" SectionRef="section-1-3">s. 1(3)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651044" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01633" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152/1/2" SectionRef="section-152-1-2">S. 152(1)(2)</CitationSubRef>
excluded by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/10" id="c01634" Year="1969" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="10" Title="Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969">Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969 (c. 10)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01635" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/10/section/3/2" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01634" SectionRef="section-3-2">s. 3(2)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651045" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01636" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152/1" SectionRef="section-152-1">S. 152(1)</CitationSubRef>
amended by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/20" id="c01637" Year="1971" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="20" Title="Mines Management Act 1971">Mines Management Act 1971 (c. 20)</Citation>
, s. 2(1)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651046" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words substituted by virtue of
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1974/2013" id="c01638" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1974" Number="2013">S.I. 1974/2013</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01639" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1974/2013/schedule/2/paragraph/3" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01638" SectionRef="schedule-2-paragraph-3">Sch. 2 para. 3</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651047" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01640" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152/1/d" SectionRef="section-152-1-d">S. 152(1)(d)</CitationSubRef>
inserted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1974/2013" id="c01641" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1974" Number="2013">S.I. 1974/2013</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01642" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1974/2013/schedule/2/paragraph/12/a" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01641" SectionRef="schedule-2-paragraph-12-a">Sch. 2 para. 12(a)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651050" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01643" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152/2/d" SectionRef="section-152-2-d">S. 152(2)(d)</CitationSubRef>
inserted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1974/2013" id="c01644" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1974" Number="2013">S.I. 1974/2013</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01645" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1974/2013/schedule/2/paragraph/12/b" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01644" SectionRef="schedule-2-paragraph-12-b">Sch. 2 para. 12(b)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651051" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words substituted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1974/2013" id="c01646" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1974" Number="2013">S.I. 1974/2013</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01647" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1974/2013/schedule/2/paragraph/12/c" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01646" SectionRef="schedule-2-paragraph-12-c">Sch. 2 para. 12(c)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651053" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01648" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/152/4/c" SectionRef="section-152-4-c">S. 152(4)(c)</CitationSubRef>
inserted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1974/2013" id="c01649" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1974" Number="2013">S.I. 1974/2013</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01650" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1974/2013/schedule/2/paragraph/12" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01649" SectionRef="schedule-2-paragraph-12">Sch. 2 para. 12</CitationSubRef>
(d)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651085" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01651" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/156/c" SectionRef="section-156-c">S. 156(c)</CitationSubRef>
inserted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1974/2013" id="c01652" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1974" Number="2013">S.I. 1974/2013</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01653" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1974/2013/schedule/2/paragraph/13" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01652" SectionRef="schedule-2-paragraph-13">Sch. 2 para. 13</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651091" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01654" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/157" SectionRef="section-157">S. 157</CitationSubRef>
excluded (1.4.1989 and 1.4.1994) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1988/1729" id="c01655" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1988" Number="1729">S.I. 1988/1729</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01656" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1988/1729/regulation/1/1/a/b" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01655" SectionRef="regulation-1-1-a-b">regs. 1(1)(a)(b)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01657" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1988/1729/regulation/11" CitationRef="c01655" SectionRef="regulation-11">11</CitationSubRef>
, restricted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1988/1930" id="c01658" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1988" Number="1930">S.I. 1988/1930</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01659" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1988/1930/regulation/3" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01658" SectionRef="regulation-3">regs. 3</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01660" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1988/1930/regulation/15" CitationRef="c01658" SectionRef="regulation-15">15</CitationSubRef>
, excluded by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1989/635" id="c01661" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1989" Number="635">S.I. 1989/635</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01662" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1989/635/regulation/28" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01661" SectionRef="regulation-28">reg. 28</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651092" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01663" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/157" SectionRef="section-157">S. 157</CitationSubRef>
excluded (1.4.1993 except in so far as those regulations apply to mines of tin or tin ore and 1.1.1996 in so far as they do apply to mines of tin or tin ore) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1993/302" id="c01664" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1993" Number="302">S.I. 1993/302</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01665" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1993/302/regulation/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01664" SectionRef="regulation-1">regs. 1</CitationSubRef>
,21.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651093" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01666" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/157" SectionRef="section-157">S. 157</CitationSubRef>
restricted (1.10.1993) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1993/1897" id="c01667" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1993" Number="1897">S.I. 1993/1897</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01668" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1993/1897/regulation/39" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01667" SectionRef="regulation-39">reg.39</CitationSubRef>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651094" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01669" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/157" SectionRef="section-157">S. 157</CitationSubRef>
excluded (1.4.1993) by 1993/208, reg. 40(2).
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651095" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01670" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/157" SectionRef="section-157">S. 157</CitationSubRef>
excluded (1.1.1994) by 1993/2331, reg. 7.
</Text>
</Para>
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01671" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/157" SectionRef="section-157">S. 157</CitationSubRef>
excluded (26.10.1995) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/2005" id="c01672" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1995" Number="2005">S.I. 1995/2005</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01673" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/2005/regulation/9" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01672" SectionRef="regulation-9">reg. 9</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01674" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/157" SectionRef="section-157">S. 157</CitationSubRef>
excluded (28.12.1995) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/2870" id="c01675" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1995" Number="2870">S.I. 1995/2870</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01676" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/2870/regulation/29" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01675" SectionRef="regulation-29">reg. 29</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01677" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/157" SectionRef="section-157">S. 157</CitationSubRef>
excluded (1.12.1999) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/2463" id="c01678" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1999" Number="2463">S.I. 1999/2463</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01679" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/2463/regulation/16" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01678" SectionRef="regulation-16">reg. 16</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651096" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words substituted by virtue of
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1974/2013" id="c01680" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1974" Number="2013">S.I. 1974/2013</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01681" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1974/2013/schedule/2/paragraph/3" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01680" SectionRef="schedule-2-paragraph-3">Sch. 2 para. 3</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651097" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01682" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/70/section/157/d" SectionRef="section-157-d">S. 157(d)</CitationSubRef>
inserted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1974/2013" id="c01683" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1974" Number="2013">S.I. 1974/2013</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01684" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1974/2013/schedule/2/paragraph/14" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01683" SectionRef="schedule-2-paragraph-14">Sch. 2 para. 14</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651109" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.)
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/48" id="c01685" Year="1982" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="48" Title="Criminal Justice Act 1982">Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01686" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/48/section/38" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01685" SectionRef="section-38">ss. 38</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01687" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/48/section/46" CitationRef="c01685" SectionRef="section-46">46</CitationSubRef>
and (S.)
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1975/21" id="c01688" Year="1975" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="21" Title="Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975">Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01689" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1975/21/section/289F" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01688" SectionRef="section-289F">ss. 289F</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01690" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1975/21/section/289G" CitationRef="c01688" SectionRef="section-289G">289G</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651113" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words repealed by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/48" id="c01691" Year="1971" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="48" Title="Criminal Damage Act 1971">Criminal Damage Act 1971 (c. 48)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01692" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/48/schedule" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01691" SectionRef="schedule">Sch. Pt II</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651114" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.)
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/48" id="c01693" Year="1982" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="48" Title="Criminal Justice Act 1982">Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01694" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/48/section/38" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01693" SectionRef="section-38">ss. 38</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01695" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/48/section/46" CitationRef="c01693" SectionRef="section-46">46</CitationSubRef>
and (S.)
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1975/21" id="c01696" Year="1975" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="21" Title="Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975">Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01697" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1975/21/section/289F" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01696" SectionRef="section-289F">ss. 289F</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01698" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1975/21/section/289G" CitationRef="c01696" SectionRef="section-289G">289G</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651124" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words repealed by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/16" id="c01711" Year="1973" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="16" Title="Education Act 1973">Education Act 1973 (c. 16)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01712" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/16/schedule/2/part/I" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01711" SectionRef="schedule-2-part-I">Sch. 2 Pt. I</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651125" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words substituted by virtue of
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1978/30" id="c01713" Year="1978" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="30" Title="Interpretation Act 1978">Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01714" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1978/30/section/17/2" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01713" SectionRef="section-17-2">s. 17(2)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651126" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1962/47" id="c01715" Year="1962" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="47">1962 c. 47</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c651127" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1920/65" id="c01716" Year="1920" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="65">1920 c. 65</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
</Commentaries>
</Legislation>