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Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999
sec.50Management structure for safe operations at mines
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### sec.50 Management structure for safe operations at mines
The site senior executive must—
develop and maintain a management structure for the mine in a way that allows development and implementation of the safety and health management system; and
document the management structure.
Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
The document must—
state the responsibilities of the site senior executive; and
state the responsibilities and competencies required for senior positions in the structure; and
state the names of the persons holding the senior positions and their competencies; and
state the name of the person who is responsible for establishing and implementing a system for managing contractors at the mine; and
provide for a competent person to perform the duties of a supervisor while the supervisor is absent.
Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
For subsection (2) (b) , an inspector may by notice given to the site senior executive declare a position to be a senior position.
s 50 amd 2002 No. 25 s 30 ; 2018 No. 28 s 64 ; 2024 No. 34 s 166
(sec.50-ssec.1) The site senior executive must— develop and maintain a management structure for the mine in a way that allows development and implementation of the safety and health management system; and document the management structure. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
(sec.50-ssec.2) The document must— state the responsibilities of the site senior executive; and state the responsibilities and competencies required for senior positions in the structure; and state the names of the persons holding the senior positions and their competencies; and state the name of the person who is responsible for establishing and implementing a system for managing contractors at the mine; and provide for a competent person to perform the duties of a supervisor while the supervisor is absent. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
(sec.50-ssec.3) For subsection (2) (b) , an inspector may by notice given to the site senior executive declare a position to be a senior position.
- (a) develop and maintain a management structure for the mine in a way that allows development and implementation of the safety and health management system; and
- (b) document the management structure.
- (a) state the responsibilities of the site senior executive; and
- (b) state the responsibilities and competencies required for senior positions in the structure; and
- (c) state the names of the persons holding the senior positions and their competencies; and
- (d) state the name of the person who is responsible for establishing and implementing a system for managing contractors at the mine; and
- (e) provide for a competent person to perform the duties of a supervisor while the supervisor is absent.