9Chief Inspector of Mines may issue directions to mine operator and site senior officers

9 Chief Inspector of Mines may issue directions to mine operator and site senior officers

(1)  For the purpose of preventing injuries to, and risks to the health of, workers and any other person at a mine, the Chief Inspector of Mines, by notice in writing served on a mine operator or site senior officer, may –

(a) direct the person on whom the notice is served to take the steps that the Chief Inspector of Mines considers necessary and specifies in the notice; or

(b) direct that any specified plant, equipment, appliance or substance must not be used in or in connection with, or stored at, a mine that is specified in the notice.

(2)  Without limiting subsection (1) , a notice may require that the person on whom the notice is served must, so far as is reasonably practicable, do all or any, or a combination of any, of the following:

(a) employ or engage a person who, being suitably qualified in relation to occupational health and safety, is able to provide advice to the person in relation to the health and safety of workers and any other person at a mine;

(b) monitor, at a mine, conditions likely to affect the health and safety of any person;

(c) prepare a written health and safety policy.

(3)  A person on whom a notice is served under subsection (1) must comply with the notice.

Penalty:  [Section 9 Subsection (3) amended by No. 39 of 2020, s. 10, Applied:27 Dec 2020] In the case of –

(a) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding $250 000; or

(b) an individual, a fine not exceeding $50 000.