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Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999
sec.126DFunctions of authorised officers
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### sec.126D Functions of authorised officers
Subject to sections 126B and 126C , authorised officers have the following functions—
to monitor safety and health performance at mines;
to inspect and audit mines to assess whether risk is at an acceptable level;
to help persons to achieve the purposes of this Act by providing advice and information on how the purposes are to be achieved;
to check that safety and health management systems and procedures are in place to control risk to persons affected by operations;
to investigate serious accidents and high potential incidents at mines;
to investigate matters at mines that affect the successful management of risk to persons;
to investigate complaints about matters relating to safety or health resulting from operations;
to investigate whether persons required to provide information to the CEO under this Act have provided the information and whether the information is correct.
s 126D ins 2007 No. 46 s 107
amd 2008 No. 33 s 111 ; 2008 No. 43 s 9 ; 2020 No. 10 s 139 sch 2
- (a) to monitor safety and health performance at mines;
- (b) to inspect and audit mines to assess whether risk is at an acceptable level;
- (c) to help persons to achieve the purposes of this Act by providing advice and information on how the purposes are to be achieved;
- (d) to check that safety and health management systems and procedures are in place to control risk to persons affected by operations;
- (e) to investigate serious accidents and high potential incidents at mines;
- (f) to investigate matters at mines that affect the successful management of risk to persons;
- (g) to investigate complaints about matters relating to safety or health resulting from operations;
- (h) to investigate whether persons required to provide information to the CEO under this Act have provided the information and whether the information is correct.