6Meaning of “mine”

6 Meaning of “mine”

6 Meaning of “mine”

(1) In this Act, a mine is a place that is a workplace at which mining operations are carried out and it includes any fixtures, fittings, plant or structures at the place that are used or were formerly used for mining operations.

(2) In this Act, a tourist mine means a mine—

(a) at which no mining operations are carried out other than educational activities or tourist activities carried out in connection with former mining activities at the mine, and

(b) at which there is a hazard prescribed by the regulations that was present at the mine when former mining activities were carried out.

s 6: Subst 2015 No 43, Sch 1 [10].