sec.7How objects are to be achieved

### sec.7 How objects are to be achieved The objects of this Act are to be achieved by— imposing safety and health obligations on persons who operate coal mines or who may affect the safety or health of others at coal mines; and providing for safety and health management systems at coal mines to manage risk effectively; and making regulations and recognised standards for the coal mining industry to require and promote risk management and control; and establishing a safety and health advisory committee to allow the coal mining industry to participate in developing strategies for improving safety and health; and providing for safety and health representatives to represent the safety and health interests of coal mine workers; and providing for inspectors and other officers to monitor the effectiveness of risk management and control at coal mines, and to take appropriate action to ensure adequate risk management; and providing a way for the competencies of persons at coal mines to be assessed and recognised; and requiring management structures so that persons may competently supervise the safe operation of coal mines; and providing for an appropriate coal mines rescue capability; and providing for a satisfactory level of preparedness for emergencies at coal mines; and providing for the health assessment and health surveillance of persons who are, will be or have been coal mine workers. s 7 amd 2009 No. 16 s 5 ; 2010 No. 17 s 17 sch ; 2018 No. 28 s 4 ; 2020 No. 10 s 75 - (a) imposing safety and health obligations on persons who operate coal mines or who may affect the safety or health of others at coal mines; and - (b) providing for safety and health management systems at coal mines to manage risk effectively; and - (c) making regulations and recognised standards for the coal mining industry to require and promote risk management and control; and - (d) establishing a safety and health advisory committee to allow the coal mining industry to participate in developing strategies for improving safety and health; and - (e) providing for safety and health representatives to represent the safety and health interests of coal mine workers; and - (f) providing for inspectors and other officers to monitor the effectiveness of risk management and control at coal mines, and to take appropriate action to ensure adequate risk management; and - (g) providing a way for the competencies of persons at coal mines to be assessed and recognised; and - (h) requiring management structures so that persons may competently supervise the safe operation of coal mines; and - (i) providing for an appropriate coal mines rescue capability; and - (j) providing for a satisfactory level of preparedness for emergencies at coal mines; and - (k) providing for the health assessment and health surveillance of persons who are, will be or have been coal mine workers.