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Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999
sec.30Obligations for safety and health
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### sec.30 Obligations for safety and health
Workers or other persons at mines or persons who may affect safety and health at mines or as a result of operations, have obligations under division 2 ( safety and health obligations ).
The following persons have obligations under division 3 (also safety and health obligations )—
holder;
operator;
site senior executive;
contractor;
designer, manufacturer, importer and supplier of plant for use at a mine;
erector and installer of plant at a mine;
designer, constructor or erector of earthworks at a mine;
manufacturer, importer and supplier of substances for use at a mine.
If a corporation has an obligation under this Act, an officer of the corporation has obligations under division 3A (also safety and health obligations ).
s 30 amd 2018 No. 28 s 52 ; 2024 No. 34 s 154
(sec.30-ssec.1) Workers or other persons at mines or persons who may affect safety and health at mines or as a result of operations, have obligations under division 2 ( safety and health obligations ).
(sec.30-ssec.2) The following persons have obligations under division 3 (also safety and health obligations )— holder; operator; site senior executive; contractor; designer, manufacturer, importer and supplier of plant for use at a mine; erector and installer of plant at a mine; designer, constructor or erector of earthworks at a mine; manufacturer, importer and supplier of substances for use at a mine.
(sec.30-ssec.3) If a corporation has an obligation under this Act, an officer of the corporation has obligations under division 3A (also safety and health obligations ).
- (a) holder;
- (b) operator;
- (c) site senior executive;
- (d) contractor;
- (e) designer, manufacturer, importer and supplier of plant for use at a mine;
- (f) erector and installer of plant at a mine;
- (g) designer, constructor or erector of earthworks at a mine;
- (h) manufacturer, importer and supplier of substances for use at a mine.