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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":58152,"section_number":"45.2-500","catch_line":" Coal Mine Safety Act","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-500\/"},{"id":54795,"section_number":"45.2-501","catch_line":" Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-501\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":58152,"section_number":"45.2-500","catch_line":" Coal Mine Safety Act","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-500\/"},{"id":69469,"section_number":"45.2-800","catch_line":" Face and other equipment","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-800\/"}],"permalink":{"id":223101,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75312,"identifier":"45.2-700","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/7\/1\/45.2-700","url":"\/45.2-700\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-700\/","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/7\/1\/45.2-700","dublin_core":{"Title":" Scope of chapter","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-700","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The provisions of this chapter and Chapter 8 (\u00a7 45.2-800<\/a> et seq.) shall apply to the operation of any underground coal mine in the Commonwealth and shall supplement the provisions of Chapter 5 (\u00a7 45.2-500<\/a> et seq.).<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n SCOPE OF CHAPTER (\u00a7 45.2-700)\n\nThe provisions of this chapter and Chapter 8 (\u00a7 45.2-800 et seq.) shall apply\nto the operation of any underground coal mine in the Commonwealth and shall\nsupplement the provisions of Chapter 5 (\u00a7 45.2-500 et seq.).\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 28, \u00a7 45.1-161.105; 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}}