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 Prosecutions Prosecutions 

Prosecutions by Direction of the Secretary for Mines.

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Description of Defendant Offence Charged Result of Proceedings Penalty Costs
      £ s. d. £ s. d.
 
1931
 
Agent 
Section 68 : Unlawfully was guilty of an offence against this Section in that a working place had approached within 40 yards of disused workings (not being workings which had been examined, etc.), the workings having exceeded 8 feet in width, and failure to provide advance and flank bore-holes
Dealt with under Probation of Offenders Act 1907, Sec. 1 (I). Conviction recorded and ordered to pay costs        17 
Manager 
Section 68 : Unlawfully was guilty of an offence against this Section in that a working place had approached within 40 yards of disused workings (not being workings which had been examined, etc.), the workings having exceeded 8 feet in width, and failure to provide advance and flank bore-holes
Dealt with under Probation of Offenders Act 1907, Sec. 1 (I). Conviction recorded and ordered to pay costs        17 
 
1933
 
Manager 
Section 48: Failing to provide some proper means of communicating distinct and definite signals between all regular stopping places and the ends of the road
Conviction  11  10 
Under Manager 
General Regulation 41 : Failing to enforce to the best of his power the provisions of Section 48, Coal Mines Aact 1911
Conviction  11  10 
Manager 
Section 44 (1): Failing to provide sufficient refuge holes at intervals of not more than ten yards
Conviction       
Under Manager 
General Regulation 41 : Failing to enforce to the best of his power the provisions of Section 44 (1), Coal Mines Aact 1911
Conviction       

Sources
  • 1931 Mines Inspectors Report
  • 1933 Mines Inspectors Report

 


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