Mines and Quarries Act 1954

SCHEDULES

Section 122.

FIRST SCHEDULE Public Inquiries into Accidents, &c

1 A public inquiry which the Minister directs to be held under section one hundred and twenty-two of this Act into an accident or other occurrence at a mine or quarry shall be held by a competent person appointed by the Minister who may conduct the inquiry either alone or with the assistance of an assessor or assessors so appointed.

2 The Minister may pay to the person appointed to hold the inquiry and to any assessor appointed to assist him such remuneration and allowances as the Minister may, with the approval of the Treasury, determine.

3 The person appointed to hold the inquiry (hereafter in this Schedule referred to as " the court") shall hold the inquiry in public in such manner and under such conditions as the court thinks most effectual for ascertaining the causes and circumstances of the accident or other occurrence and for enabling the court to make the report hereafter in this Schedule mentioned.

4 The court shall, for the purposes of the inquiry, have power—

(a) to enter and inspect any place or building the entry or inspection whereof appears to the court requisite for the said purposes ;

(b) by summons signed by the court to require any person to attend, at such time and place as is specified in the summons, to give evidence or produce any documents in his custody or under his control which the court considers it necessary for the purposes of the inquiry to examine;

(c) to require a person appearing at the inquiry to furnish to any other person appearing thereat, on payment of such fee, if any, as the court thinks fit, a copy of any document offered, or proposed to be offered, in evidence by the first-mentioned person;

(d) to take evidence on oath, and for that purpose to administer oaths, or, instead of administering an oath, to require the person examined to make and subscribe a declaration of the truth of the matter respecting which he is examined;

(e) to adjourn the inquiry from time to time; and

(f) subject to the foregoing sub-paragraphs, to regulate the procedure of the court.

5 A person attending as a witness before the court shall be entitled to be paid by the Minister such expenses as would be allowed to a witness attending on subpoena before a court of record, and any dispute as to the amount to be so allowed shall be referred by the court to a master of the Supreme Court who, on request signed by the court, shall ascertain and certify the proper amount of the expenses.

6 The court shall make a report to the Minister stating the causes and circumstances of the accident or other occurrence, adding any observations which the court thinks it right to make, and the Minister shall lay copies of the report before Parliament.

7 If a person—

(a) without reasonable excuse (proof whereof shall lie on him) fails, after having the expenses (if any) to which he is entitled tendered to him, to comply with any summons or requisition of the court; or

(b) does any other thing which would, if the court had been a court of law having power to commit for contempt, have been contempt of that court;

the court may, by instrument signed by the court, certify the offence of that person to the High Court or, in Scotland, the Court of Session, and the High Court or Court of Session may thereupon inquire into the alleged offence and after hearing any witnesses who may be produced against or on behalf of the person charged with the offence, and after hearing any statement that may be offered in defence, punish or take steps for the punishment of that person in like manner as if he had been guilty of contempt of the High Court or, as the case may be, the Court of Session.

8 In the application of this Schedule to Scotland, for references to a master of the Supreme Court, to a witness attending on subpoena before a court of record, and to a summons there shall be respectively substituted references to the Auditor of the Court of Session, to a witness attending on citation the High Court of Justiciary and to an order.

Section 142.

SECOND SCHEDULE Procedure for Making Regulations

PART I Procedure for making general regulations

1 Before the Minister makes any general regulations he shall publish in the London Gazette and, if the regulations apply to Scotland, in the Edinburgh Gazette and (whether the regulations apply to Scotland or not) in such other manner as he thinks best adapted for informing persons affected, notice of his intention to make the regulations, specifying a place where copies of a draft thereof may be obtained and the time (which shall be not less than twenty-one days from the date of the publication) within which any objection made with respect to the draft regulations must be sent to him.

2 Every objection so made must be in writing and must state—

(a) the specific grounds of objection ; and

(b) the omissions, additions or modifications asked for;

and the Minister shall consider any such objection made by or on behalf of any person appearing to him to be affected, being an objection sent to him within the time specified in the notice, but shall not be bound to consider any other objection.

3 If there are no objections which the Minister is required by the last foregoing paragraph to consider, he may make the regulations in the terms of the draft.

4 The following provisions shall have effect where the Minister does not proceed under the last foregoing paragraph:—

(a) if he is not required by paragraph 2 of this Schedule to consider a general objection and if either he is not so required to consider any special objection or all special objections which he is so required to consider appear to him, upon consideration thereof, to be frivolous, he may, unless he decides to take no further proceedings with respect thereto, either make the regulations in the terms of the draft or, if he thinks fit so to do, refer the draft regulations for inquiry and report under Part III of this Schedule ; and

(b) in any other case, he shall, unless he decides to take no further proceedings with respect thereto, refer the draft regulations for inquiry and report as aforesaid.

5 Where, under the last foregoing paragraph, the Minister refers the draft regulations for inquiry and report under Part III of this Schedule, he shall consider the report and, unless he decides to take no further proceedings with respect to the draft regulations, may,—

(a) if the report of the person or persons holding the inquiry does not recommend the making of any modifications in the draft regulations, make the regulations in the terms of the draft; or

(b) if the said report recommends the making of modifications in the draft regulations, make the regulations in the terms of the draft subject to such modifications as give effect to the recommendations made in the report.

6 In this Part of this Schedule—

(a) the expression " general objection" means, in relation to draft regulations, an objection to any provision thereof, being an objection made by or on behalf of owners of mines or quarries who employ not less than one third of the total number of persons employed at all the mines and quarries affected by the draft regulations or by or on behalf of an association or body representative of not less than one third of the total number of persons so employed ; and

(b) the expression " special objection" means, in relation to draft regulations,—

(i) an objection to any provision thereof, being an objection made by or on behalf of owners of a class of mines or quarries or a sub-division of a class of mines or quarries and expressed to be made on the ground that, having regard to the special conditions of, or the special methods of working at, mines or quarries of that class or sub-division, the provision objected to ought not to apply thereto; or

(ii) an objection to a provision thereof applicable only to a particular class of mines or quarries or a particular sub-division of such a class, being an objection made by or on behalf of owners of mines or quarries of that class or sub-division, as the case may be, who employ not less than one-third of the total number of persons employed at all mines or quarries of that class or sub-division, or by or on behalf of an association or body representative of not less than one-third of the total number of persons so employed;

not being, in either case, an objection which, by virtue of sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph, is a general objection.

PART II Procedure for Making Special Regulations

7 Special regulations with respect to a mine or quarry shall not be made otherwise than on the application of an inspector, the owner of the mine or quarry, not less than one-third of the total number of persons employed thereat or an association or body representative of not less than one-third of the total number of persons so employed.

8 An application for the making of special regulations must be accompanied by a draft of the regulations sought to be made.

9 Before the Minister makes any special regulations he shall publish in such manner as he thinks best adapted for informing persons affected notice of his intention to make the regulations, specifying the place where copies of a draft thereof may be obtained and the time (which shall be not less than twenty-one days from the date of the publication) within which any objection made with respect to the draft regulations must be sent to him.

10 Every objection so made must be in writing and must state—

(a) the specific grounds of objection ; and

(b) the omissions, additions or modifications asked for;

and the Minister shall consider any such objection made by or on behalf of any person appearing to him to be affected, being an objection sent within the time specified in the notice, but shall not be bound to consider any other objection.

11 If there are no objections which the Minister is required by the last foregoing paragraph to consider, he may make the regulations in the terms of the draft.

12 The following provisions shall have effect where the Minister does not proceed under the last foregoing paragraph:—

(a) if he is required by paragraph 10 of this Schedule to consider an objection made by or on behalf of the owner of the mine or quarry to which the draft regulations relate or by or on behalf of an association or body representative of not less than one-third of the total number of persons employed thereat, he shall, unless he decides to take no further proceedings with respect thereto, refer the draft regulations for inquiry and report under Part III of this Schedule ; and

(b) in any other case, he may, unless he decides to take no further proceedings with respect to the draft regulations, either make the regulations in the terms of the draft or, if he thinks fit so to do, refer the draft regulations for inquiry and report as aforesaid.

13 Where, under the last foregoing paragraph, the Minister refers the draft regulations for inquiry and report under Part III of this Schedule, he shall consider the report and, unless he decides to take no further proceedings with respect to the draft regulations, may,—

(a) if the report of the person or persons holding the inquiry does not recommend the making of any modifications in the draft regulations, make the regulations in the terms of the draft; or

(b) if the said report recommends the making of modifications in the draft regulations, make the regulations in the terms of the draft subject to such modifications as give effect to the recommendations made in the report

PART III Inquiries under Part I or II

14 The following provisions of this Part of this Schedule shall have effect where any draft regulations are, by virtue of Part I or Part II of this Schedule, referred for inquiry and report under this Part of this Schedule.

15 The inquiry shall be held by a competent person or competent persons appointed by the Lord Chancellor and, where two or more persons are appointed to hold the inquiry, the Lord Chancellor shall appoint one of them to preside over it.

16 There may be paid by the Minister to the person or persons holding the inquiry such remuneration and allowances as may be fixed by the Lord Chancellor with the approval of the Treasury.

17 The inquiry shall be public and shall be held at such place as the Lord Chancellor may appoint.

18 Any of the following persons may appear at the inquiry either in person or by counsel, solicitor or agent, and may give evidence and call such witnesses as he thinks fit, that is to say:—

(a) the Minister;

(b) any person who duly objected to any provision of the draft regulations ; and

(c) any other person, being a person who, in the opinion of the person holding the inquiry (or, if two or more persons are holding it, the person presiding over it), is affected by the draft regulations.

19 The evidence of the witnesses at the inquiry may, if the person holding it (or, if two or more persons are holding it, the person presiding over it) thinks fit, be taken on oath, and for that purpose the said person may administer oaths.

20 The person or persons holding the inquiry shall make a report to the Minister stating whether or not the draft regulations ought, in his or their opinion, to be modified and, if in his or their opinion the draft regulations ought to be modified, stating in what respect they ought to be modified.

21 If it appears to the person holding the inquiry (or, if two or more persons are holding it, the person presiding over it) that any objection made thereat to any provision of the draft regulations was frivolous or vexatious, he may order that the expenses incurred by the Minister for the purposes of the inquiry or such part of those expenses as may be specified in the order shall be paid by the person by or on whose behalf the objection was made ; and an order under this paragraph shall, on the application of the Minister, be enforceable by a magistrates' court as if the amount ordered to be paid were a sum adjudged to be paid by an order of that court.

22 Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Schedule, the inquiry and all proceedings preliminary or incidental thereto shall be conducted in accordance with rules made by the Minister.

23 Where any draft regulations referred for inquiry and report under this Part of this Schedule apply to Scotland only, this Part of this Schedule shall apply subject to the following modifications:—

(a) for references to the Lord Chancellor there shall be substituted references to the Lord President of the Court of Session ;

(b) an order under paragraph 21 of this Schedule may be recorded in the Books of Council and Session for execution and may be enforced accordingly.

Section 150.

THIRD SCHEDULE Inquiries into Fitness of Holders of Certificates and Delivery up and Custody of Certificates in connection with Prosecutions and Inquiries

PART I Inquiries into Fitness of Holders of Certificates

1 The tribunal holding an inquiry under section one hundred and fifty of this Act shall consist of a person or persons appointed by the Minister, and may conduct the inquiry either alone or with the assistance of an assessor or assessors so appointed.

2 The Minister may pay to the person or persons constituting the tribunal and to any assessor appointed to assist the tribunal such remuneration and allowances as the Minister may, with the approval of the Treasury, determine,

3 The inquiry shall be public and shall be held at such place as the Minister may appoint.

4 The Minister shall, before the beginning of the inquiry, furnish to the person whose fitness to continue to hold a certificate is to be inquired into a statement of the case on which the inquiry is instituted.

5 The said person may appear at the inquiry either in person or by counsel, solicitor or agent, and may give evidence and call such witnesses as he thinks fit.

6 At the conclusion of the inquiry the tribunal shall send to the Minister a report containing a full statement of the case and the opinion of the tribunal thereon and such report of, or extracts from, the evidence as the tribunal thinks fit.

7 The tribunal shall, for the purposes of the inquiry, have power—

(a) to enter and inspect any place or building the entry or inspection of which appears to the tribunal requisite for the said purposes;

(b) by summons signed by the tribunal to require any person to attend, at such time and place as is specified in the summons, to give evidence or to produce any documents in his custody or under his control which the tribunal considers it necessary for the purposes of the inquiry to examine;

(c) to require a person appearing at the inquiry to furnish to any other person appearing thereat, on payment of such fee, if any, as the tribunal thinks fit, a copy of any document offered, or proposed to be offered, in evidence by the first-mentioned person ;

(d) to take evidence on oath, and for that purpose to administer oaths, or, instead of administering an oath, to require the person examined to make and subscribe a declaration of the truth of the matter respecting which he is examined;

(e) to adjourn the inquiry from time to time; and

(f) subject to the foregoing sub-paragraphs, to regulate the procedure of the tribunal.

8 A person attending as a witness before the tribunal shall be entitled to be paid by the Minister such expenses as would be allowed to a witness attending on subpoena before a court of record, and any dispute as to the amount to be so allowed shall be referred by the tribunal to a master of the Supreme Court who, on request signed by the tribunal, shall ascertain and certify the proper amount of the expenses.

9 The tribunal may make such orders as it thinks fit respecting the payment of the costs and expenses of the inquiry and any such order shall, on the application of any person entitled to the benefit thereof be enforceable by a magistrates' court as if the amount ordered to be paid were a sum adjudged to be paid by an order of that court.

10 If a person—

(a) without reasonable excuse (proof whereof shall lie on him) fails, after having the expenses (if any) to which he is entitled tendered to him, to comply with any summons or requisition of the tribunal; or

(b) does any other thing which would, if the tribunal had been a court of law having power to commit for contempt, have been contempt of that court;

the tribunal may, by instrument signed by it, certify the offence of that person to the High Court or, in Scotland, the Court of Session, and the High Court or Court of Session may thereupon inquire into the alleged offence and after hearing any witnesses who may be produced against or on behalf of the person charged with the offence, and after hearing any statement that may be offered in defence, punish or take steps for the punishment of that person in like manner as if he had been guilty of contempt of the High Court or, as the case may be, the Court of Session.

PART II Delivery up and Custody of Certificates in Connection with Prosecutions and Inquiries

11 The holder of any such certificate as is mentioned in section one hundred and fifty of this Act may, after notice of intention to make an application under subsection (1) of the said section one hundred and fifty has been duly served on him, be required by the court dealing with an information or trying an indictment for an offence alleged to have been committed by him, or may be required by a tribunal making inquiry under the said section one hundred and fifty, to deliver up his certificate to the court or, as the case may be, the tribunal at the hearing.

12 A certificate so delivered up may be retained by the court or tribunal until the conclusion of the proceedings:

Provided that a certificate delivered up to the court shall be returned to the holder thereof on his making an election under paragraph (b) of the proviso to subsection (1) of the said section one hundred and fifty.

13 Where the court or tribunal cancels or suspends a certificate it shall, at the conclusion of the proceedings, send the Minister notice thereof and shall also send him the certificate for retention by him.

14 Where on an appeal (whether by way of case stated or otherwise) the conviction of the holder of the certificate is quashed or the cancellation or suspension thereof is quashed or varied, the court by which the conviction is quashed or the appeal is allowed shall send notice thereof to the Minister:

Provided that where on an appeal by way of case stated the High Court remits the matter to a magistrates' court or a court of quarter sessions, notice of the order of the court on the remission shall be sent to the Minister by the magistrates' court or court of quarter sessions, as the case may be.

15 Where a certificate has been sent to the Minister under paragraph 13 of this Schedule, he shall—

(a) on receipt of a notice that the conviction of the holder thereof, or the cancellation or suspension thereof, has been quashed; or

(b) on the expiration of any period for which the certificate stands suspended (whether after conviction or appeal) ;

return the certificate to the holder.

16 For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, the bringing of proceedings before the High Court to quash a conviction by order of certiorari shall be deemed to be an appeal.

PART III Modifications of Parts I and II for the Purposes of their Application to Scotland

17 In the application of this Schedule to Scotland.—

(a) for references to a master of the Supreme Court, to a witness attending on subpoena before a court of record, to a summons and to an information there shall be respectively substituted references to the Auditor of the Court of Session, to a witness attending on citation the High Court of Justiciary, to an order and to a summary complaint;

(b) an order under paragraph 9 of this Schedule may be recorded in the Books of Council and Session for execution and may be enforced accordingly.

Section 188.

FOURTH SCHEDULE Minor and Consequential Amendments of Enactments

The Coal Mines Regulation Act, 188750 & 51 Vict. c. 58

In sections twelve and thirteen (which relate respectively to the payment of persons employed in mines by weight and to the appointment of check weighers on their behalf) the word " agent wherever it occurs, shall be omitted.

The Coal Mines (Check Weigher) Act, 189457 & 58 Vict. c. 52

In section one (which penalizes interference with the office of check weigher) the word " agent", wherever it occurs, shall be omitted.

The Coal Mines (Weighing of Minerals) Act, 19055 Edw. 7. c. 9

In subsection (2) of section one (which relates to evidence of the appointment of check weighers) the word " agent" shall be omitted.

The Coal Mines Regulation Act, 19088 Edw. 7. c. 57

In sections one, two, three, five and six (which impose limits on the hours of work below ground in mines of coal, stratified ironstone, shale and fireclay and provide for ancillary matters) the words " owner, agent or ", wherever they occur, shall be omitted, and in subsection (7) of section one the words " fireman, examiner or " , in both places where they occur, shall be omitted.

The Education Act, 19188 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 39

For paragraphs (b) and (c) of section fourteen (which prohibits the employment of children in factories, mines and quarries in England and Wales) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—

“(b) at any mine or quarry within the meaning of the Mines and Quarries Act, 1954 ;”.

The Education (Scotland) Act, 19188 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 48

For paragraphs (b) and (c) of section seventeen (which prohibits the employment of children in factories, mines and quarries in Scotland) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—

“(b) at any mine or quarry within the meaning of the Mines and Quarries Act, 1954 ;”.

The Mining Industry Act, 192010 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 50

In subsection (3) of section eighteen (which relates to the making of drainage schemes with respect to groups of mines) for the words " The provisions of sections eighty-six and one hundred and seventeen of, and Part I of the Second Schedule to, the Coal Mines Act, 1911, which relate to general regulations shall apply with the necessary modifications to schemes under this section" there shall be substituted the words " The provisions of Parts I and III of the Second Schedule to the Mines and Quarries Act, 1954, shall, with the necessary modifications, have effect with respect to the procedure for making a scheme under this section as they have effect with respect to the procedure for making general regulations under that Act, and the power conferred by this section to make a scheme shall be construed as including power (exercisable in the like manner and subject to the like conditions) to revoke or vary the scheme ".

References in the said section eighteen to owners of mines shall be construed in like manner as if they were contained in this Act.

The Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children Act, 192010 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 65

In subsection (6) of section one (which subsection relates to the enforcement of the restrictions imposed by other provisions of that section on the employment of children and young persons in industrial undertakings) the reference to coal mines, metalliferous mines and quarries shall be construed as a reference to mines and quarries within the meaning of this Act and the reference to the Coal Mines Act, 1911, and the Metalliferous Mines Regulation Acts, 1872 and 1875, shall be construed as a reference to this Act.

The Mining Industry Act, 192616 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 28

In section twenty-three (which requires the giving of facilities to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research where shafts or bore-holes are sunk), in subsections (3) and (4), the word "agent" shall be omitted, and for subsection (5) there shall be substituted the following subsection:—

“(5) Any officer appointed by the Committee shall have the same rights as to the production and inspection of plans, sections and drawings which, by or by virtue of the Mines and Quarries Act, 1954, are required to be kept, as are by that Act conferred on inspectors, and that Act shall apply accordingly”.

The Petroleum (Production) Act, 193424 & 25 Geo. 5. c. 36

In section seven (which relates to the inspection of plans and sections of mines for the purpose of ascertaining on behalf of the Minister the position of workings through or near which it is proposed to sink a bore-hole for the purpose of searching for or getting petroleum), for the words from " the same rights" to the end of the section, there shall be substituted the words " the same rights as to the production and inspection of plans, sections and drawings which, by or by virtue of the Mines and Quarries Act, 1954, are required to be kept, as are by that Act conferred on inspectors, and that Act shall apply accordingly ".

The Hours of Employment (Conventions) Act, 193626 Geo. 5. & 1 Edw. 8. c. 22

In subsection (2) of section one (which subsection relates to the enforcement of the restrictions imposed by that section on the employment of women by night in industrial undertakings) the reference to coal mines, metalliferous mines and quarries shall be construed as a reference to mines and quarries within the meaning of this Act and the reference to the Coal Mines Act, 1911, and the Metalliferous Mines Regulation Acts, 1872 and 1875, shall be construed as a reference to this Act.

The Young Persons (Employment) Act, 19381 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 69

For subsection (3) of section three (which relates to the enforcement of the provisions of Part I of that Act) there shall be substituted the following subsection:—

“(3) An inspector appointed under the Mines and Quarries Act, 1954, shall have the same powers and duties for the purpose of the enforcement of the provisions of this Part of this Act in their application to young persons employed at or in connection with a mine or quarry within the meaning of the said Act of 1954 as he would have if those provisions were provisions of that Act”.

Section 189.

FIFTH SCHEDULE Enactments Repealed

Session and Chapter	Short Title	Extent of Repeal
35 & 36 Vict. c. 77.	The Metalliferous Mines Regulation Act, 1872.	The whole Act.
38 & 39 Vict. c. 39.	The Metalliferous Mines Regulation Act, 1875.	The whole Act.
46 & 47 Vict. c. 31.	The Payment of Wages in Public Houses Prohibition Act, 1883.	In section two, the words from " nor any person " to the end of the section.
50 & 51 Vict. c. 19.	The Quarry (Fencing) Act, 1887.	The whole Act.
50 & 51 Vict. c. 58.	The Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1887.	In section twelve, in subsection (1), the word " agent", wherever it occurs, and subsection (2).
		In section thirteen, in subsection (2), the word " agent " and the words " against this Act", in subsection (3) the word "agent", in subsection (4), the word " agent" wherever it occurs, in subsection (5), the word " agent" and, in subsection (8), the word " agent" and the words " against this Act "
57 & 58 Vict. c. 42.	The Quarries Act, 1894.	The whole Act.
57 & 58 Vict. c. 52.	The Coal Mines (Check Weigher) Act, 1894.	In section one, the word " agent ", wherever it occurs, and the words "against the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1887 ".
63 & 64 Vict. c. 21.	The Mines (Prohibition of Child Labour Underground) Act, 1900.	The whole Act.
5 Edw. 7. c. 9.	The Coal Mines (Weighing of Minerals) Act, 1905.	In section one, in subsection (2), the word " agent ".
6 Edw. 7. c. 53.	The Notice of Accidents Act, 1906.	Sections one, two, three and five.
8 Edw. 7. c. 57.	The Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1908.	In section one, in subsection (3), the words " owner, agent or", in subsection (4), the words " owner, agent or ", in subsection (5), the words " owner, agent or " and, in subsection (7), the words " fireman, examiner or " in both places where they occur.
		In section two, in subsection (1), the words " owner, agent or "' and, in subsection (2), the words " owner, agent or ".
		In section three, in subsection (1), the words " owner, agent or" and, in subsection (2), the words " owner, agent or ".
		In section five, the words " owner, agent or ".
		In section six, the words "owner, agent or ".
		In section seven, in subsection (1), the words from the beginning to " Provided that", and subsection (2).
10 Edw. 7. & 1 Geo. 5. c. 15.	The Mines Accidents (Rescue and Aid) Act, 1910.	The whole Act.
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 50.	The Coal Mines Act, 1911.	The whole Act.
4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 22.	The Coal Mines Act, 1914.	The whole Act.
6 & 7 Geo. 5. c. 31.	The Police, Factories, &c., (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act. 1916.	Section ten.
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 50.	The Mining Industry Act, 1920.	Sections nineteen and twenty-one.
		In section twenty-five, the definitions of " owner", " agent " and " management ".
13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. 42.	The Workmen's Compensation Act. 1923.	Section twenty-eight.
16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 28.	The Mining Industry Act, 1926.	Section twenty-one.
		In section twenty-three, in subsection (3), the word " agent " and, in subsection (4), the word " agent".
26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c.22.	The Hours of Employment (Conventions) Act, 1936.	Section two.
1 Edw. 8. & 1 Geo. 6. c. 62.	The Coal Mines (Employment of Boys) Act, 1937.	The whole Act.
1 Edw. 8. & 1 Geo. 6. c. 67.	The Factories Act, 1937.	In section one hundred and fifty-one, subsection (5).
		In section one hundred and fifty-eight, subsections (1) to (3).
6 & 7 Geo. 6. c. 6.	The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1943.	Section four.
12 & 13 Geo. 6. c. 53.	The Coal Industry Act, 1949.	Part II.
		In section thirteen, in subsection (2), the words from " and the Coal Mines Acts, 1887 to 1943 " to the end of the subsection.

Table of Statutes referred to in this Act

Short Title	Session and Chapter
Accessories and Abettors Act, 1861	24 & 25 Vict. c. 94.
Metalliferous Mines Regulation Act, 1872	35 & 36 Vict. c. 77.
Payment of Wages in Public Houses Prohibition Act, 1883	46 &47 Vict. c. 31.
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1887	50 & 51 Vict. c. 35.
Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1887	50 & 51 Vict. c. 58.
Interpretation Act, 1889	52 & 53 Vict. c. 63.
Coal Mines (Check Weigher) Act, 1894	57 & 58 Vict. c. 52.
Fatal Accidents Inquiry (Scotland) Act, 1895	58 & 59 Vict. c. 36.
Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1897	60 & 61 Vict. c. 38.
Coal Mines (Weighing of Minerals) Act, 1905	5 Edw. 7. c. 9.
Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1908	8 Edw. 7. c. 57.
Coal Mines Act, 1911	1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 50.
Education Act, 1918	8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 39.
Education (Scotland) Act, 1918	8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 48.
Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children Act, 1920	10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 65.
Mining Industry Act, 1926	16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 28.
Rating and Valuation (Apportionment) Act, 1928	18 & 19 Geo. 5. c. 44.
Public Health Act, 1936	26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 49.
Public Health (London) Act, 1936	26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 50.
Factories Act, 1937	1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 67.
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949	12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 55.
Justices of the Peace Act, 1949	12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 101.
Magistrates' Courts Act, 1952	15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 55.
Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Act, 1954	2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 48.