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Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999
sec.106Site senior executive to display identity of site safety and health representatives
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### sec.106 Site senior executive to display identity of site safety and health representatives
The site senior executive for a mine must display a notice as required by subsections (2) to (5) for each site safety and health representative for the mine.
Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
The notice must—
state the name of the site safety and health representative; and
state the preferred contact details of the representative; and
contain a recent photograph of the representative.
The site senior executive must display the notice within 5 days after the site senior executive is notified of the representative’s selection or election.
If the mine has only 1 site safety and health representative, the site senior executive must display the notice in 1 or more conspicuous positions at the mine in a way likely to come to the attention of workers at the mine.
near the mine record, in the crib rooms
If the mine has more than 1 site safety and health representative, the site senior executive must display a notice about each representative’s identity in a conspicuous position in the mine or part of the mine covered by the representative in a way likely to come to the attention of workers in the mine or part.
In this section—
preferred contact details , of a site safety and health representative, means the telephone number and email address by which the representative prefers to be contacted about safety and health matters.
s 106 amd 2024 No. 34 s 181
(sec.106-ssec.1) The site senior executive for a mine must display a notice as required by subsections (2) to (5) for each site safety and health representative for the mine. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
(sec.106-ssec.2) The notice must— state the name of the site safety and health representative; and state the preferred contact details of the representative; and contain a recent photograph of the representative.
(sec.106-ssec.3) The site senior executive must display the notice within 5 days after the site senior executive is notified of the representative’s selection or election.
(sec.106-ssec.4) If the mine has only 1 site safety and health representative, the site senior executive must display the notice in 1 or more conspicuous positions at the mine in a way likely to come to the attention of workers at the mine. near the mine record, in the crib rooms
(sec.106-ssec.5) If the mine has more than 1 site safety and health representative, the site senior executive must display a notice about each representative’s identity in a conspicuous position in the mine or part of the mine covered by the representative in a way likely to come to the attention of workers in the mine or part.
(sec.106-ssec.6) In this section— preferred contact details , of a site safety and health representative, means the telephone number and email address by which the representative prefers to be contacted about safety and health matters.
- (a) state the name of the site safety and health representative; and
- (b) state the preferred contact details of the representative; and
- (c) contain a recent photograph of the representative.