sec.12BDAdditional safety requirement—requirement to remove particular equipment from boreholes

### sec.12BD Additional safety requirement—requirement to remove particular equipment from boreholes The site senior executive for a coal mine must— use the site senior executive’s best endeavours to ensure all prescribed equipment that is in a borehole drilled for the mine’s mining lease (coal) is removed before the borehole is plugged and abandoned; and ensure the following is available for use at all times when drilling operations in a borehole drilled for the mine’s mining lease (coal) are carried out— adequate equipment for preventing or mitigating the loss of prescribed equipment in the borehole; adequate equipment for seeking to recover prescribed equipment lost in the borehole. If prescribed equipment is lost in a borehole drilled for a mine’s mining lease (coal), the site senior executive for a coal mine must— within 24 hours after the equipment is lost—notify each operator of an authorised activities operating plant in the overlapping area; and within 3 days after the equipment is lost—consult with the chief inspector about the period in which efforts to recover the lost equipment should be made; and abandon efforts to recover the lost equipment only if the chief inspector agrees to the abandonment. In this section— prescribed equipment means— metal equipment, other than casing; and any other equipment or material that may create a hazard to coal mining operations. (sec.12BD-ssec.1) The site senior executive for a coal mine must— use the site senior executive’s best endeavours to ensure all prescribed equipment that is in a borehole drilled for the mine’s mining lease (coal) is removed before the borehole is plugged and abandoned; and ensure the following is available for use at all times when drilling operations in a borehole drilled for the mine’s mining lease (coal) are carried out— adequate equipment for preventing or mitigating the loss of prescribed equipment in the borehole; adequate equipment for seeking to recover prescribed equipment lost in the borehole. (sec.12BD-ssec.2) If prescribed equipment is lost in a borehole drilled for a mine’s mining lease (coal), the site senior executive for a coal mine must— within 24 hours after the equipment is lost—notify each operator of an authorised activities operating plant in the overlapping area; and within 3 days after the equipment is lost—consult with the chief inspector about the period in which efforts to recover the lost equipment should be made; and abandon efforts to recover the lost equipment only if the chief inspector agrees to the abandonment. (sec.12BD-ssec.3) In this section— prescribed equipment means— metal equipment, other than casing; and any other equipment or material that may create a hazard to coal mining operations. - (a) use the site senior executive’s best endeavours to ensure all prescribed equipment that is in a borehole drilled for the mine’s mining lease (coal) is removed before the borehole is plugged and abandoned; and - (b) ensure the following is available for use at all times when drilling operations in a borehole drilled for the mine’s mining lease (coal) are carried out— (i) adequate equipment for preventing or mitigating the loss of prescribed equipment in the borehole; (ii) adequate equipment for seeking to recover prescribed equipment lost in the borehole. - (i) adequate equipment for preventing or mitigating the loss of prescribed equipment in the borehole; - (ii) adequate equipment for seeking to recover prescribed equipment lost in the borehole. - (i) adequate equipment for preventing or mitigating the loss of prescribed equipment in the borehole; - (ii) adequate equipment for seeking to recover prescribed equipment lost in the borehole. - (a) within 24 hours after the equipment is lost—notify each operator of an authorised activities operating plant in the overlapping area; and - (b) within 3 days after the equipment is lost—consult with the chief inspector about the period in which efforts to recover the lost equipment should be made; and - (c) abandon efforts to recover the lost equipment only if the chief inspector agrees to the abandonment. - (a) metal equipment, other than casing; and - (b) any other equipment or material that may create a hazard to coal mining operations.