appropriatemeans appropriate having regard to the nature and magnitude of the risks to the health and safety of the persons created by the relevant work.
approvedmeans approved for the time being in writing by the Executive and “approve” and “approval” shall be construed accordingly;
employerincludes the owner if he employs persons at work at the mine;
gas outburstmeans a sudden release of gas with or without the projection of minerals or rocks;
hydraulic fluidmeans a fluid used for the transmission of hydrostatic or hydrokinetic mechanical energy;
managermeans— (a) the person appointed as the manager of the mine under regulation 8 of the 1993 Regulations;
minemeans a mine within the meaning of the 1954 Act;
ownermeans an owner within the meaning of section 181 of the 1954 Act;
rockburstmeans a sudden failure of stopes, pillars, walls or other rock buttresses adjacent to or in the mine workings.
the 1954 Actmeans the Mines and Quarries Act 1954;
the 1992 Regulationsmeans the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992;
the 1993 Regulationsmeans the Management and Administration of Safety and Health at Mines Regulations 1993;
the Executivemeans the Health and Safety Executive;