sec.100Powers of site safety and health representative

### sec.100 Powers of site safety and health representative A site safety and health representative for a coal mine has the following powers— to enter any area of the coal mine at any time to carry out the functions of the site safety and health representative, if reasonable notice is given to the site senior executive for the mine or the site senior executive’s representative; to examine any documents relevant to safety and health held by the site senior executive under this Act, if the site safety and health representative has reason to believe the documents contain information required to assess whether procedures are in place at the coal mine to achieve an acceptable level of risk to the coal mine workers; to copy, or to obtain from the site senior executive within a stated reasonable period a copy of, a document mentioned in paragraph (b) ; to require the site senior executive to give the site safety and health representative reasonable help to exercise the site safety and health representative’s powers under paragraphs (b) and (c) . If a site safety and health representative asks to copy a document under subsection (1) (c) , the site senior executive must give access to the document as soon as reasonably practicable after being asked, unless the site senior executive has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. A site senior executive for a coal mine who is required in a stated reasonable way to help a site safety and health representative under subsection (1) (d) must comply with the requirement. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. s 100 amd 2024 No. 34 s 40 (sec.100-ssec.1) A site safety and health representative for a coal mine has the following powers— to enter any area of the coal mine at any time to carry out the functions of the site safety and health representative, if reasonable notice is given to the site senior executive for the mine or the site senior executive’s representative; to examine any documents relevant to safety and health held by the site senior executive under this Act, if the site safety and health representative has reason to believe the documents contain information required to assess whether procedures are in place at the coal mine to achieve an acceptable level of risk to the coal mine workers; to copy, or to obtain from the site senior executive within a stated reasonable period a copy of, a document mentioned in paragraph (b) ; to require the site senior executive to give the site safety and health representative reasonable help to exercise the site safety and health representative’s powers under paragraphs (b) and (c) . (sec.100-ssec.2) If a site safety and health representative asks to copy a document under subsection (1) (c) , the site senior executive must give access to the document as soon as reasonably practicable after being asked, unless the site senior executive has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (sec.100-ssec.3) A site senior executive for a coal mine who is required in a stated reasonable way to help a site safety and health representative under subsection (1) (d) must comply with the requirement. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. - (a) to enter any area of the coal mine at any time to carry out the functions of the site safety and health representative, if reasonable notice is given to the site senior executive for the mine or the site senior executive’s representative; - (b) to examine any documents relevant to safety and health held by the site senior executive under this Act, if the site safety and health representative has reason to believe the documents contain information required to assess whether procedures are in place at the coal mine to achieve an acceptable level of risk to the coal mine workers; - (c) to copy, or to obtain from the site senior executive within a stated reasonable period a copy of, a document mentioned in paragraph (b) ; - (d) to require the site senior executive to give the site safety and health representative reasonable help to exercise the site safety and health representative’s powers under paragraphs (b) and (c) .