Mining Industry Act 1926

Long titleAn Act to make provision for facilitating the working of minerals and the better organisation of the coal mining industry, and with respect to the welfare of persons employed therein, and for other purposes connected with that industry.

Citation16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 28

Territorial extent

• England and Wales
• Scotland

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Royal assent4 August 1926

Mining Industry Act 1926^[a]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to make provision for facilitating the working of minerals and the better organisation of the coal mining industry, and with respect to the welfare of persons employed therein, and for other purposes connected with that industry.
Citation	16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 28
Territorial extent	England and Wales Scotland [b]
Dates
Royal assent	4 August 1926
Commencement	4 August 1926[c]
Other legislation
Amends	Mining Industry Act 1920 Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Act 1923
Amended by	Coal Industry Act 1949 Railway and Canal Commission (Abolition) Act 1949 Statute Law Revision Act 1950 Miners' Welfare Act 1952 Statute Law Revision Act 1953 Mines and Quarries Act 1954 Administration of Justice Act 1965 Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Act 1966 Mining Industry Act 1926 (Metrication) Regulations 1991 Petroleum Act 1998 Deregulation Act 2015 Higher Education and Research Act 2017
Relates to	Finance (1909-10) Act 1910 Mining Industry (Welfare Fund) Act 1925
Status: Partially repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Mining Industry Act 1926 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Mining Industry Act 1926 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.^[1] It made "provision for facilitating the working of minerals and the better organisation of the coal mining industry, and with respect to the welfare of persons employed therein, and for other purposes connected with that industry."

The Act continues to be an important piece of historical mining industry regulation in the United Kingdom.