Mining Industry Act 1926

Mining Industry Act 1926[a]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to make provision for facilitating the working of minerals and the better organisation of the coal mining industry, and with respect to the welfare of persons employed therein, and for other purposes connected with that industry.
Citation16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 28
Territorial extent 
[b]
Dates
Royal assent4 August 1926
Commencement4 August 1926[c]
Other legislation
Amends
  • Mining Industry Act 1920
  • Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Act 1923
Amended by
Relates to
Status: Partially repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Mining Industry Act 1926 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Mining Industry Act 1926 was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.[1] It made "provision for facilitating the working of minerals and the better organisation of the coal mining industry, and with respect to the welfare of persons employed therein, and for other purposes connected with that industry."

The act continues to be an important piece of historical mining industry regulation in the United Kingdom.

Old Boston Colliery baths

Subsequent developments

Section 15 of the act was repealed by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1953 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 5), which came into force on 18 December 1953.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 26(1).
  2. ↑ Section 26(2).
  3. ↑ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.

References

  1. ↑ "Mining Industry Act 1926". vLex. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "Statute Law Revision Act 1953", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Eliz2/2-3 c. 5


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