The Coal and Other Safety-Lamp Mines (Explosives) Regulations 1993

means appoint in writing with a written statement summarising the authority and responsibilities of any person in respect of whom that word is used and “appointed” and “appointment” shall be construed accordingly;

means approved in writing for the time being by the Health and Safety Executive or (except in the case of regulation 4(4)(a)) conforming with a standard so approved;

means any person appointed to work in an explosives store or at a place designated by the manager pursuant to regulation 7(3);

means an appliance which is intended to prevent the extension of flame and which contains explosives or detonators.

means the carrying by one person of more than 10 kilograms of explosives or the movement of explosives by carriage.

means– (a) any vehicle specially constructed for carrying explosives;

means a document for recording the number of shots fired.

means any container designed to hold explosives, detonators or primed cartridges, but does not include a carriage;

has the same meaning as in regulation 33(1) of the Coal and Other Mines (Managers and Officials) Regulations 1956.

means designated in writing;

means any instantaneous or delay intiator for explosives and itself containing a charge of explosives fired by means of an electric current;

means any electrical apparatus designed and constructed for initiating detonators;

means– (a) any solid or liquid substance or any mixture of solid or liquid substances or both (except when confined within an article) which is capable by chemical reaction in itself of producing gas at such a temperature and pressure and at such a speed as could cause damage to surroundings or which is designed to produce an effect by heat, light, sound, gas or smoke or a combination of these as a result of non-detonative self-sustaining exothermic chemical reactions;

means any place situated above ground, being– (a) premises registered in accordance with section 21 of the Explosives Act 1875 (“the 1875 Act”);

means any flammable gas or any flammable mixture of gases occurring naturally in a mine;

means maintained in an efficient state, in efficient working order and in good repair;

means a mine within the meaning of section 180 of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954;

means an occurrence where– (a) testing before firing a shot reveals broken continuity which cannot be rectified;

means notice in writing;

means the owner of a mine within the meaning of section 181 of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954;

means a cartridge of explosives into which a detonator has been inserted;

means– (a) any coal mine;

includes a reference to–

means a bored hole which is to be charged with explosives for blasting purposes.

means the area within which persons would be at risk were the shot or round of shots concerned to be fired (including any place into which the shot or round of shots may blow);

means the manager of a safety-lamp mine, and any duty imposed on, or any power given to, such a person by these Regulations shall extend only to the particular safety-lamp mine of which he is the manager;