33Guidance material

33 Guidance material

(1)  For the purpose of providing guidance and informing the decision-making process at a mine, the Chief Inspector of Mines may –

(a) declare as guidance material all or specified parts of any code, standard, rule, specification, provision or document relating to occupational health or safety, whether prepared or published by the Department or any other body or authority; and

(b) incorporate that material by reference, either as the material is in force at the time the guidance material is approved or as amended from time to time.

(2)  A declaration under subsection (1) is to specify the scope of the application of the guidance material, which may be to all mines or to all mines of a certain size, type or characteristic.

(3)  The Chief Inspector of Mines may revoke or amend a declaration under subsection (1) .

(4)  The Chief Inspector of Mines must cause a declaration or the revocation or amendment of a declaration under this section to be published in the Gazette and on a website of the Department.

(5)  A declaration under this section is not a statutory rule for the purposes of the Rules Publication Act 1953 .

(6)  Guidance material that was published under section 32ZC of the Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 and has not been revoked under that section is to be taken to be guidance material published under this section.