39Site senior officer qualifications

39 Site senior officer qualifications

(1)  For the purposes of section 14(4) of the Act, the requirements for a site senior officer, appointed at a mine where the total number of hours worked at the mine is greater than or equal to 10 000 hours per month, are –

(a) risk management training, or relevant experience, that satisfies the requirements specified by the Chief Inspector of Mines; and

(b) if a person has not been appointed under regulation 38(1) and the work involves underground mining, a university degree in mining engineering or an equivalent qualification.

(2)  Without limiting the capacity of the Chief Inspector of Mines to determine the requirements for the purposes of subregulation (1)(a) on a case-by-case basis, the Chief Inspector of Mines may –

(a) publish a list of qualifications, the attainment of any of which is to be taken to be satisfaction of the requirements for the purposes of that subregulation; and

(b) amend or revoke, by publication, all or part of a list of qualifications published under paragraph (a) .

(3)  A requirement specified under regulation 128AC(1)(a) of the Workplace Health and Safety Regulations 1998 that had not been revoked under that regulation before the commencement of the Work Health and Safety Act 2012  –

(a) is taken to be a requirement published under subregulation (2)(a) of these regulations; and

(b) may be revoked under this regulation.

(4)  A list of qualifications published under regulation 128AC(2) of the Workplace Health and Safety Regulations 1998 that had not been revoked under that regulation before the commencement of the Work Health and Safety Act 2012  –

(a) is taken to be a list published under subregulation (2) of these regulations; and