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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0028\">28<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0390\">390<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":83497,"section_number":"45.2-1100","catch_line":" Mineral Mine Safety Act","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1100\/"},{"id":84220,"section_number":"45.2-1101","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1101\/"},{"id":65966,"section_number":"45.2-1156","catch_line":" Certificates of inspection","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1156\/"},{"id":63773,"section_number":"45.2-1160","catch_line":" Injunctive relief","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1160\/"},{"id":54214,"section_number":"45.2-1164","catch_line":" Reports of violations","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1164\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":83497,"section_number":"45.2-1100","catch_line":" Mineral Mine Safety Act","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1100\/"}],"permalink":{"id":224621,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80153,"identifier":"45.2-1400","token":"45.2\/III\/B\/14\/45.2-1400","url":"\/45.2-1400\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1400\/","token":"45.2\/III\/B\/14\/45.2-1400","dublin_core":{"Title":" Scope of chapter","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1400","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>This chapter is applicable to the operation of any underground mineral mine in the Commonwealth and shall supplement the provisions of Chapter 11 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\" Mineral Mine Safety Act\" href=\"\/45.2-1100\/\">45.2-1100<\/a> et seq.).<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n SCOPE OF CHAPTER (\u00a7 45.2-1400)\n\nThis chapter is applicable to the operation of any underground mineral mine in\nthe Commonwealth and shall supplement the provisions of Chapter 11 (\u00a7 45.2-1100\net seq.).\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 28, \u00a7 45.1-161.293; 1997, c. 390; 2021, Sp. 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