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MINES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 85

Loading of cranes, &c.

85.(1) There shall be plainly marked on every crane, crab and winch used as,
or forming, part of the equipment of a mine the safe working load or loads
thereof, except that, in the case of a jib crane so constructed that the safe
working load may be varied by the raising or lowering of the jib, there shall
be attached thereto either an automatic indicator of safe working loads or a
table indicating the safe working loads at corresponding inclinations of the
jib or corresponding radii of the load.

(2) No person shall, except for the purpose of a test, load any such crane,
crab or winch as aforesaid beyond the safe working load marked or indicated
thereon in pursuance of subsection (1).

(3) This section shall not apply to winding apparatus with which a mine shaft
or staple-pit is provided or to any rope haulage apparatus, and regulations
may provide that this section shall not apply to any other apparatus of a
prescribed class.

Buildings and structures to be kept safe.

© 1969 Crown Copyright

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