sec.275ACPublication of information

### sec.275AC Publication of information The Minister, CEO or chief inspector may publish information about any of the following matters— the commission of offences against this Act and the persons who commit the offences; investigations conducted under this Act about accidents or high potential incidents at a coal mine; action taken by inspectors, inspection officers, authorised officers or the CEO to enforce this Act; the cancellation or suspension of a certificate of competency or site senior executive notice under section 195 (2) or part 10A ; any incident or other matter that may be relevant to persons seeking to comply with their safety and health obligations. Also, the Minister, CEO or chief inspector may publish any of the following information about serious accidents or high potential incidents— the total number of accidents or incidents that happened in a particular period; a description of an accident or incident, including, for example, where and when an accident or incident happened; the name of a coal mine at which an accident or incident happened; the operator of a coal mine at which an accident or incident happened; the injuries or deaths that occurred in an accident or incident; any other information about the accident or incident the Minister, CEO or chief inspector considers appropriate. The Minister, CEO or chief inspector must not publish information under this section unless satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so. No liability is incurred by the State or any other person for the publication of, or for anything done for the purpose of publishing, information under this section in good faith. Subsection (4) applies despite section 276 . In this section— liability includes liability in defamation. s 275AC ins 2011 No. 2 s 25 amd 2018 No. 28 s 45 ; 2020 No. 10 s 87 ; 2024 No. 34 s 96 (sec.275AC-ssec.1) The Minister, CEO or chief inspector may publish information about any of the following matters— the commission of offences against this Act and the persons who commit the offences; investigations conducted under this Act about accidents or high potential incidents at a coal mine; action taken by inspectors, inspection officers, authorised officers or the CEO to enforce this Act; the cancellation or suspension of a certificate of competency or site senior executive notice under section 195 (2) or part 10A ; any incident or other matter that may be relevant to persons seeking to comply with their safety and health obligations. (sec.275AC-ssec.2) Also, the Minister, CEO or chief inspector may publish any of the following information about serious accidents or high potential incidents— the total number of accidents or incidents that happened in a particular period; a description of an accident or incident, including, for example, where and when an accident or incident happened; the name of a coal mine at which an accident or incident happened; the operator of a coal mine at which an accident or incident happened; the injuries or deaths that occurred in an accident or incident; any other information about the accident or incident the Minister, CEO or chief inspector considers appropriate. (sec.275AC-ssec.3) The Minister, CEO or chief inspector must not publish information under this section unless satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so. (sec.275AC-ssec.4) No liability is incurred by the State or any other person for the publication of, or for anything done for the purpose of publishing, information under this section in good faith. (sec.275AC-ssec.5) Subsection (4) applies despite section 276 . (sec.275AC-ssec.6) In this section— liability includes liability in defamation. - (a) the commission of offences against this Act and the persons who commit the offences; - (b) investigations conducted under this Act about accidents or high potential incidents at a coal mine; - (c) action taken by inspectors, inspection officers, authorised officers or the CEO to enforce this Act; - (d) the cancellation or suspension of a certificate of competency or site senior executive notice under section 195 (2) or part 10A ; - (e) any incident or other matter that may be relevant to persons seeking to comply with their safety and health obligations. - (a) the total number of accidents or incidents that happened in a particular period; - (b) a description of an accident or incident, including, for example, where and when an accident or incident happened; - (c) the name of a coal mine at which an accident or incident happened; - (d) the operator of a coal mine at which an accident or incident happened; - (e) the injuries or deaths that occurred in an accident or incident; - (f) any other information about the accident or incident the Minister, CEO or chief inspector considers appropriate.