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MINES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 145

145.(1) Where two or more parts of a mine are worked separately, then, if the
owner of the mine by notice served on the Ministry so requires, each such part
shall, until the notice is withdrawn by a subsequent notice served by the
owner on the Ministry, be treated for the purposes of this Act as a separate
mine; but where the parts of a mine worked separately, or any of them, have a
common system of ventilation or any part of a system of ventilation in common,
a notice under this subsection requiring that each part of the mine that is
worked separately shall be treated as a separate mine shall be of no effect
unless it is approved by the Ministry by notice served on the owner of the
mine.

(2) A notice under subsection (1) requiring that each part of a mine worked
separately shall be treated as a separate mine shall be of no effect unless it
specifies the points of separation of all roads connecting the parts of the
mine that are worked separately.

(3) If an inspector reports to the Ministry that he is of opinion with respect
to a mine whereof parts are, by virtue of this section, for the time being
treated for the purposes of this Act as separate mines, that the division of
the mine prejudices or is likely to prejudice the safety or health of the
persons employed thereat (or any of them), the Ministry may serve on the owner
of the mine a notice directing that subsection (1) shall cease to apply to the
mine.

The provisions of this Part with respect to references upon notices served by
the Ministry shall apply to a notice served under this subsection.

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