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MINES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 159

Application of Act to training mines.

159.(1) For the purposes of this Act an excavation or system of excavations
made for training purposes shall be deemed to be a mine, and the use for those
purposes of any premises which are a mine as defined by section 156(1) or are,
by virtue of this section, deemed to be a mine shall be deemed, for the
purposes of this Act, to constitute the working of the mine; but the Ministry
may by order direct that this Act shall, in its application to any such
premises as aforesaid which are used exclusively for training purposes, have
effect subject to such exceptions, adaptations and modifications as may be
specified in the order.

(2) In this section the expression "training purposes" means the purposes of
instructing or training below ground persons in, or in any work connected
with, mining minerals.

Office and Shop Premises Act to continue to apply to colliery storage premises
until appointed day.

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