sec.54AAppointment of ventilation officer

### sec.54A Appointment of ventilation officer This section applies to an underground mine. The site senior executive for the mine must appoint a person as the ventilation officer for the mine. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units. The site senior executive must not appoint a person as the ventilation officer for the mine unless— if more than 10 persons but not more than 20 persons work underground in the mine or the mine is prescribed by regulation to be a mine to which this paragraph applies—the site senior executive is satisfied the person is competent to perform the duties of the ventilation officer for the mine; or if more than 20 persons work underground in the mine or the mine is prescribed by regulation to be a mine to which this paragraph applies—the person has competencies recognised by the committee as appropriate for the duties and responsibilities of the position. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units. A regulation may prescribe an underground mine to be a mine to which subsection (3) (a) or (b) applies because of the size, nature or complexities of the mine’s operations. The ventilation officer for the mine is responsible for— the implementation of the mine’s ventilation system; and the establishment of effective standards of ventilation for the mine. The site senior executive must not appoint a person as ventilation officer at more than 1 mine at the same time unless the chief inspector gives the site senior executive notice that the chief inspector is satisfied the person can effectively carry out the duties of the ventilation officer at the mines. Maximum penalty for subsection (6) —200 penalty units. s 54A ins 2018 No. 28 s 65 (sec.54A-ssec.1) This section applies to an underground mine. (sec.54A-ssec.2) The site senior executive for the mine must appoint a person as the ventilation officer for the mine. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units. (sec.54A-ssec.3) The site senior executive must not appoint a person as the ventilation officer for the mine unless— if more than 10 persons but not more than 20 persons work underground in the mine or the mine is prescribed by regulation to be a mine to which this paragraph applies—the site senior executive is satisfied the person is competent to perform the duties of the ventilation officer for the mine; or if more than 20 persons work underground in the mine or the mine is prescribed by regulation to be a mine to which this paragraph applies—the person has competencies recognised by the committee as appropriate for the duties and responsibilities of the position. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units. (sec.54A-ssec.4) A regulation may prescribe an underground mine to be a mine to which subsection (3) (a) or (b) applies because of the size, nature or complexities of the mine’s operations. (sec.54A-ssec.5) The ventilation officer for the mine is responsible for— the implementation of the mine’s ventilation system; and the establishment of effective standards of ventilation for the mine. (sec.54A-ssec.6) The site senior executive must not appoint a person as ventilation officer at more than 1 mine at the same time unless the chief inspector gives the site senior executive notice that the chief inspector is satisfied the person can effectively carry out the duties of the ventilation officer at the mines. Maximum penalty for subsection (6) —200 penalty units. - (a) if more than 10 persons but not more than 20 persons work underground in the mine or the mine is prescribed by regulation to be a mine to which this paragraph applies—the site senior executive is satisfied the person is competent to perform the duties of the ventilation officer for the mine; or - (b) if more than 20 persons work underground in the mine or the mine is prescribed by regulation to be a mine to which this paragraph applies—the person has competencies recognised by the committee as appropriate for the duties and responsibilities of the position. - (a) the implementation of the mine’s ventilation system; and - (b) the establishment of effective standards of ventilation for the mine.