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Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999
sec.233Performance criteria
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### sec.233 Performance criteria
The mines rescue performance criteria for the provision of mines rescue services for underground mines by an accredited corporation are that the corporation—
provides appropriate mines rescue training programs; and
provides equipment and resources to perform its obligations under mines rescue agreements; and
ensures mines rescue equipment is maintained, tested and certified to any specification by its manufacturer; and
effectively performs audits or other exercises to show the corporation’s ability to respond to an emergency; and
provides an effective procedure for coal mine operators to help each other in an emergency; and
does anything else prescribed under a regulation.
In subsection (1) —
mines rescue equipment means equipment for use in an emergency by the corporation or a coal mine operator for an underground mine who is party to a mines rescue agreement with the corporation.
(sec.233-ssec.1) The mines rescue performance criteria for the provision of mines rescue services for underground mines by an accredited corporation are that the corporation— provides appropriate mines rescue training programs; and provides equipment and resources to perform its obligations under mines rescue agreements; and ensures mines rescue equipment is maintained, tested and certified to any specification by its manufacturer; and effectively performs audits or other exercises to show the corporation’s ability to respond to an emergency; and provides an effective procedure for coal mine operators to help each other in an emergency; and does anything else prescribed under a regulation.
(sec.233-ssec.2) In subsection (1) — mines rescue equipment means equipment for use in an emergency by the corporation or a coal mine operator for an underground mine who is party to a mines rescue agreement with the corporation.
- (a) provides appropriate mines rescue training programs; and
- (b) provides equipment and resources to perform its obligations under mines rescue agreements; and
- (c) ensures mines rescue equipment is maintained, tested and certified to any specification by its manufacturer; and
- (d) effectively performs audits or other exercises to show the corporation’s ability to respond to an emergency; and
- (e) provides an effective procedure for coal mine operators to help each other in an emergency; and
- (f) does anything else prescribed under a regulation.