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Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999
sec.33Obligations for safety and health
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### sec.33 Obligations for safety and health
Coal mine workers or other persons at coal mines or persons who may affect safety and health at coal mines or as a result of coal mining operations, have obligations under division 2 ( safety and health obligations ).
The following persons have obligations under division 3 (also safety and health obligations )—
a holder;
a coal mine operator;
a site senior executive;
a contractor;
a designer, manufacturer, importer or supplier of plant for use at a coal mine;
an erector or installer of plant at a coal mine;
a designer, constructor or erector of earthworks at a coal mine;
a manufacturer, importer or supplier of substances for use at a coal mine.
If a corporation has an obligation under this Act, an officer of the corporation has obligations under division 3A (also safety and health obligations ).
s 33 amd 2018 No. 28 s 5 ; 2024 No. 34 s 7
(sec.33-ssec.1) Coal mine workers or other persons at coal mines or persons who may affect safety and health at coal mines or as a result of coal mining operations, have obligations under division 2 ( safety and health obligations ).
(sec.33-ssec.2) The following persons have obligations under division 3 (also safety and health obligations )— a holder; a coal mine operator; a site senior executive; a contractor; a designer, manufacturer, importer or supplier of plant for use at a coal mine; an erector or installer of plant at a coal mine; a designer, constructor or erector of earthworks at a coal mine; a manufacturer, importer or supplier of substances for use at a coal mine.
(sec.33-ssec.3) If a corporation has an obligation under this Act, an officer of the corporation has obligations under division 3A (also safety and health obligations ).
- (a) a holder;
- (b) a coal mine operator;
- (c) a site senior executive;
- (d) a contractor;
- (e) a designer, manufacturer, importer or supplier of plant for use at a coal mine;
- (f) an erector or installer of plant at a coal mine;
- (g) a designer, constructor or erector of earthworks at a coal mine;
- (h) a manufacturer, importer or supplier of substances for use at a coal mine.