3Interpretation

3 Interpretation

(1)  In these regulations –

Act means the Mines Work Health and Safety (Supplementary Requirements) Act 2012 ;

competent person, in relation to an activity, means a person who has acquired, through training, qualification or experience, the knowledge and skills to carry out the activity;

diesel unit means an item of machinery, including but not limited to a vehicle, which is powered by an engine fuelled by diesel;

electrical installation includes any electrical wiring, or other equipment associated with an electrical installation, situated in or on a mine;

emergency plan, in relation to a mine, means the emergency plan required under the Work Health and Safety Regulations 2022 to be prepared in relation to the mine, as a workplace to which those regulations apply;

equivalent qualification means a qualification certified by the Chief Inspector of Mines under regulation 40 ;

gas includes mist or vapour;

guarding, in relation to plant, means a device that prevents or reduces access to a danger point or area of the plant;

guidance material means guidance material declared under section 33 of the Act;

hazard includes –

(a) a principal hazard; and

(b) a hazard to which a risk to health and safety that is referred to in regulation 8 , 9 , 10 or 11 relates;