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MINES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 82

Fencing of exposed parts of machinery.

82.(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, every flywheel and every
other dangerous exposed part of any machinery used as, or forming, part of the
equipment of a mine shall be securely fenced; and where means of fencing are
prescribed with respect to any such part of any such machinery as aforesaid,
the fencing provided in pursuance of the foregoing provisions of this
subsection for that part shall be provided by those means.

(2) It shall be the duty of the manager of every mine to ensure that fencing
provided in pursuance of subsection (1) is properly maintained and is kept in
position while the parts required to be fenced are in motion or in use, except
where such parts are exposed for an examination or adjustment which it is
necessary to carry out while they are in motion or use and all such conditions
as may be prescribed are complied with.

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