sec.285Continuation of exemptions for particular opal or gem mines for 3-year transitional period

### sec.285 Continuation of exemptions for particular opal or gem mines for 3-year transitional period This section applies to an opal or gem mine if— more than 4, but not more than 10, workers are employed at the mine; and immediately before the commencement, the mine was not required to have a safety and health management system. During the period starting on the commencement and ending 3 years after the commencement— pre-amended sections 38(3) and 39(2) and (3) continue to apply in relation to the mine; and amended section 40(1)(b), (d) and (e)(i) does not apply to a contractor at the mine if the mine is not required to have a safety and health management system; and amended section 44(1)(b), (f)(ii) and (iii) and (g)(i) does not apply to a service provider at the mine if the mine is not required to have a safety and health management system. For subsection (2)(a), pre-amended section 39(2) and (3) applies as if the reference to section 39(1)(c) were a reference to section 39(1)(c) to (f) and (h)(i). In this section— pre-amended , in relation to a provision of this Act, means the provision as in force immediately before the commencement. s 285 ins 2018 No. 28 s 91 (sec.285-ssec.1) This section applies to an opal or gem mine if— more than 4, but not more than 10, workers are employed at the mine; and immediately before the commencement, the mine was not required to have a safety and health management system. (sec.285-ssec.2) During the period starting on the commencement and ending 3 years after the commencement— pre-amended sections 38(3) and 39(2) and (3) continue to apply in relation to the mine; and amended section 40(1)(b), (d) and (e)(i) does not apply to a contractor at the mine if the mine is not required to have a safety and health management system; and amended section 44(1)(b), (f)(ii) and (iii) and (g)(i) does not apply to a service provider at the mine if the mine is not required to have a safety and health management system. (sec.285-ssec.3) For subsection (2)(a), pre-amended section 39(2) and (3) applies as if the reference to section 39(1)(c) were a reference to section 39(1)(c) to (f) and (h)(i). (sec.285-ssec.4) In this section— pre-amended , in relation to a provision of this Act, means the provision as in force immediately before the commencement. - (a) more than 4, but not more than 10, workers are employed at the mine; and - (b) immediately before the commencement, the mine was not required to have a safety and health management system. - (a) pre-amended sections 38(3) and 39(2) and (3) continue to apply in relation to the mine; and - (b) amended section 40(1)(b), (d) and (e)(i) does not apply to a contractor at the mine if the mine is not required to have a safety and health management system; and - (c) amended section 44(1)(b), (f)(ii) and (iii) and (g)(i) does not apply to a service provider at the mine if the mine is not required to have a safety and health management system.