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MINES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 135

135. 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, of

(a)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

(b)a direction, prohibition, restriction, or requirement given or imposed by a
notice served under or by virtue of this Act by the Ministry or an inspector;
or

(c)a condition attached to an exemption, consent, approval or authority
granted or given under or by virtue of this Act by the Ministry; [or

(d)a requirement or prohibition imposed by or under such
health and safety regulations as are mentioned in subsection (1)(d) of
section 130 of this Act;]

Special defence available to mine under-managers with limited jurisdiction.

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