Application of these Regulations
3.—(1) Except where otherwise expressly provided, these Regulations shall apply to all mines.
(2) These Regulations shall apply to a self-employed person as they apply to an employer and an employee and as if that self-employed person were both an employer and an employee.
(3) In regulation 6 a reference to a mine shall include a reference to a closed tip (within the meaning of section 2(2)(b) of the Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969(1)) associated with the mine, and accordingly the duties of the owner of the mine shall extend to such a tip.
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1969 c. 10, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.