Section Sch3-3 — Health and Safety at Work Act 2015: Meaning of quarrying operation

3 Meaning of quarrying operation (1) In this schedule, quarrying operation — (a) means an activity carried out above ground for the purpose of— (i) extracting any material, other than coal or any mineral, from the earth; or (ii) processing any material, other than coal or any mineral, at the place where the material is extracted; and (b) includes the place where an activity described in paragraph (a) is carried out; and (c) includes any place in which any material extracted or processed in a quarry is crushed or screened. (2) Subclause (1) applies whether or not the material is to be extracted or processed for commercial gain and whether or not the material is extracted or processed by the use of explosives. Compare: 1992 No 96 s 19N