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(1)It shall be the duty of the owner of every abandoned mine and of every mine which, notwithstanding that it has not been abandoned, has not been worked for a period of twelve months to secure that the surface entrance to every shaft or outlet thereof is provided with an efficient enclosure, barrier, plug or other device so designed and constructed as to prevent any person from accidentally falling down the shaft or from accidentally entering the outlet and that every device so provided is properly maintained:
Provided that this subsection shall not apply to mines which have not been worked for the purpose of getting minerals or products thereof since the ninth day of August, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, being mines other than of coal, stratified ironstone, shale or fireclay.
(2)For the purposes of [F1Part III of the M1Environmental Protection Act 1990], each of the following shall be deemed to be a statutory nuisance that is to say:—
(a)a shaft or outlet of an abandoned mine (other than a mine to which the proviso to the foregoing subsection applies) or of a mine (other than as aforesaid) which, notwithstanding that it has not been abandoned, has not been worked for a period of twelve months, being a shaft or outlet the surface entrance to which is not provided with a properly maintained device such as is mentioned in that subsection;
(b)a shaft or outlet of a mine to which the proviso to the foregoing subsection applies, being a shaft or outlet with respect to which the following conditions are satisfied, namely,—
(i)that its surface entrance is not provided with a properly maintained device such as is mentioned in that subsection; and
(ii)that, by reason of its accessibility from a [F2highway][F2road (within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984)]or a place of public resort, it constitutes a danger to members of the public; and
(c)a quarry (whether in course of being worked or not) which—
(i)is not provided with an efficient and properly maintained barrier so designed and constructed as to prevent any person from accidentally falling into the quarry; and
(ii)by reason of its accessibility from a [F2highway][F2road (within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984)]or a place of public resort constitutes a danger to members of the public.
(3)Any expenses incurred, by reason of the operation of [F3Part III of the M2Environmental Protection Act 1990]by a person other than the owner (as defined for the purposes of this Act) of a mine or quarry for the purpose of abating, or preventing the recurrence of, a nuisance under the last foregoing subsection or in reimbursing a local authority in respect of the abatement, or prevention of the recurrence, of such a nuisance shall, subject to any agreement to the contrary, be recoverable by that person from the owner (as so defined) of the mine or quarry.
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Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 162(1), Sch. 15 para. 5(2)
F2S. 151(2)(b) in each of paras. (b)(ii) and (c)(ii) for “highway” there is substituted (S.) “road (within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984)” by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), ss. 128(1), 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 44
F3Words substituted by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 162(1), Sch. 15 para. 5(3)(4)
F4S. 151(4) repealed by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), Sch. 18 Pt. II
F5S. 151(5) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(3), Sch. 24 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 151 amended by S.I. 1990/1380, regs. 3, 4
C2S. 151(2)(3) extended (E.W.) by Public Health (Recurring Nuisances) Act 1969 (c. 25), s. 4(3)
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