Coal Mines Regulation Act 1908

Coal Mines Regulation Act 1908
Act of Parliament
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Long titleAn Act to amend the Coal Mines Regulation Acts 1887 to 1905, for the purpose of limiting hours of work below ground.
Citation8 Edw. 7. c. 57
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent21 December 1908
Commencement
Repealed
Other legislation
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Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Coal Mines Regulation Act 1908 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Coal Mines Regulation Act 1908 (8 Edw. 7. c. 57), also known as the Eight Hours Act or the Coal Mines (Eight Hours) Act, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed in 1908 by the Liberal government.

The act limited the hours a miner could work to eight hours per day.

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed for England and Wales and Scotland by section 3(3) of, and part III of the schedule to, the Coal Industry Act 1992, which came into force on 20 November 1993.

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Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Mines Eight Hours Act (1909)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Lords. 9 November 1909. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  2. ↑ Coal Mines Regulation Act 1908, retrieved 9 March 2016 – via National Archives
  3. ↑ "Coal Industry Act 1992", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1992 c. 17

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