Health and Safety at Work (Mining Operations and Quarrying Operations) Regulations 2016

Excluded tunnelling operations

6 Declaration of excluded tunnelling operations

The following classes of operation are declared not to be tunnelling operations for the purposes of clause 4 of Schedule 3 of the Act:

(a)

an operation relating to a tunnel or shaft that is, or is intended to be, of any length if the mine operator does not intend that any person will work in the tunnel or shaft:

(b)

an operation relating to a tunnel or shaft that is, or is intended to be, 15 metres or less in length, but only if—

(i)

no explosives are used underground in the tunnel or shaft; and

(ii)

the concentration of methane is unlikely to be more than 0.25% of the general body of air in any working area of the tunnel or shaft.

Compare: SR 2013/484 r 3

Regulation 6(a): amended, on 18 July 2022, by regulation 5(1) of the Health and Safety at Work (Mining Operations and Quarrying Operations) Amendment Regulations 2022 (SL 2022/176).

Regulation 6(b): amended, on 18 July 2022, by regulation 5(2) of the Health and Safety at Work (Mining Operations and Quarrying Operations) Amendment Regulations 2022 (SL 2022/176).