Section Sch3-2 — Health and Safety at Work Act 2015: Meaning of mining operation

2 Meaning of mining operation In this schedule, mining operation — (a) means the extraction of coal and minerals and the place at which the extraction is carried out; and (b) includes any of the following activities and the place at which they are carried out: (i) exploring for coal: (ii) mining for coal or minerals: (iii) processing coal or minerals associated with a mine: (iv) producing or maintaining tailings, spoil heaps, and waste dumps: (v) the excavation, removal, handling, transport, and storage of coal, minerals, substances, contaminants, and wastes at the place where the activities described in subparagraphs (i) to (iv) are carried out: (vi) the construction, operation, maintenance, and removal of plant and buildings at the place where the activities described in subparagraphs (i) to (iv) are carried out: (vii) preparatory, maintenance, and repair activities associated with the activities described in subparagraphs (i) to (iv); and (c) includes— (i) a tourist mining operation: (ii) a tunnelling operation; but (d) does not include— (i) exploring for minerals: (ii) an alluvial mining operation: (iii) a mining operation wholly on or under the seabed on the seaward side of the mean high-water mark: (iv) a quarrying operation. Compare: 1992 No 96 s 19M