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Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999
sec.98Site safety and health committees
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### sec.98 Site safety and health committees
A site senior executive for a mine or part of a mine must establish a site safety and health committee for the mine or part if—
asked by a site safety and health representative; or
directed by the chief inspector.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
However, the workers and the site senior executive may decide that there is to be more than 1 site safety and health committee for the mine or part of the mine if they consider this is necessary because of the size and complexity of operations.
If more than 1 site safety and health committee is established, the area of the mine or part to be covered by each site safety and health committee must be decided.
s 98 amd 2024 No. 34 s 179
(sec.98-ssec.1) A site senior executive for a mine or part of a mine must establish a site safety and health committee for the mine or part if— asked by a site safety and health representative; or directed by the chief inspector. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(sec.98-ssec.2) However, the workers and the site senior executive may decide that there is to be more than 1 site safety and health committee for the mine or part of the mine if they consider this is necessary because of the size and complexity of operations.
(sec.98-ssec.3) If more than 1 site safety and health committee is established, the area of the mine or part to be covered by each site safety and health committee must be decided.
- (a) asked by a site safety and health representative; or
- (b) directed by the chief inspector.