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The Coal and Other Mines (Sidings) Order 1956

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20.  The manager of every mine shall make and secure the efficient carrying out of arrangements whereby, in every case in which any material is placed (otherwise than on ground ordinarily used for the stocking of material) at a distance less than three feet from the track of rails of a line and any person employed at the mine is required in the course of his duty to pass on foot over that material or between it and the line, that material is so placed in such manner that—

(a)every such person can so pass without being exposed to risk of injury by traffic on that line; and

(b)if that material extends (whether continuously or not) for a distance exceeding sixty feet measured parallel with that line, there are provided at intervals not greater than sixty feet adequate spaces or recesses in that material.

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