SI No 133 of 2018 Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Mines) Regulations 2018

These Regulations set out requirements with respect to safety, health and welfare in mines, as defined in Regulation 3, and replace a range of provisions formerly applied in the Mines and Quarries Act, 1965 and in various Regulations made under that Act.

The Regulations apply to all mines where persons work and set out duties on the owner, operator, manager and employees at a mine with respect to persons at or in the area immediately surrounding a mine. The Regulations come into operation on 30 April 2018.