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Such special safety rules shall not be in conflict with the provisions of the Act and, when established, shall be posted at some conspicuous place about the mine where the rules may be seen by all miners at such mine or in lieu thereof shall be furnished by the operator as a printed copy to each of the miners.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":282106,"text":"The operator of each mine has the right to adopt special safety rules for the safety and operation of his mine, covering the work pertaining to the mine inside and outside of such mine. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1966, chapter 594; in 1984, chapter 590; in 1994, chapter 28<\/a>; in 1996, chapter 774<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":222667,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78735,"identifier":"45.2-503","token":"45.2\/II\/A\/5\/1\/45.2-503","url":"\/45.2-503\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-503\/","token":"45.2\/II\/A\/5\/1\/45.2-503","dublin_core":{"Title":" Special safety rules","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-503","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The operator of each mine has the right to adopt special safety rules for the safety and operation of his mine, covering the work pertaining to the mine inside and outside of such mine. Such special safety rules shall not be in conflict with the provisions of the Act and, when established, shall be posted at some conspicuous place about the mine where the rules may be seen by all miners at such mine or in lieu thereof shall be furnished by the operator as a printed copy to each of the miners.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n SPECIAL SAFETY RULES (\u00a7 45.2-503)\n\nThe operator of each mine has the right to adopt special safety rules for the\nsafety and operation of his mine, covering the work pertaining to the mine\ninside and outside of such mine. Such special safety rules shall not be in\nconflict with the provisions of the Act and, when established, shall be posted\nat some conspicuous place about the mine where the rules may be seen by all\nminers at such mine or in lieu thereof shall be furnished by the operator as a\nprinted copy to each of the miners.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 45-87; 1966, c. 594, \u00a7 45.1-31; 1984, c. 590; 1994, c.\n28, \u00a7 45.1-161.10; 1996, c. 774; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}