Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Regulation 2017
sec.145JNotification of lead risk jobs
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sec.145J Notification of lead risk jobs
If a site senior executive for a mine determines that work at the mine is a lead risk job, the site senior executive must notify the chief inspector in the approved form within 28 days that the work is a lead risk job. Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. An approved form under this section must include provision for the kind of lead process being carried out that includes the lead risk job to be stated. The site senior executive must— keep a copy of the approved form given to the chief inspector while the lead risk job is carried out at the mine; and ensure that a copy of the approved form is readily accessible to a worker who is likely to be exposed to lead at the mine. Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. Subsections (1) and (3) are not safety and health obligations for the Act . s 145J ins 2020 SL No. 108 s 12 sub 2023 SL No. 71 s 12 (sec.145J-ssec.1) If a site senior executive for a mine determines that work at the mine is a lead risk job, the site senior executive must notify the chief inspector in the approved form within 28 days that the work is a lead risk job. Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. (sec.145J-ssec.2) An approved form under this section must include provision for the kind of lead process being carried out that includes the lead risk job to be stated. (sec.145J-ssec.3) The site senior executive must— keep a copy of the approved form given to the chief inspector while the lead risk job is carried out at the mine; and ensure that a copy of the approved form is readily accessible to a worker who is likely to be exposed to lead at the mine. Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. (sec.145J-ssec.4) Subsections (1) and (3) are not safety and health obligations for the Act .
- (a) keep a copy of the approved form given to the chief inspector while the lead risk job is carried out at the mine; and
- (b) ensure that a copy of the approved form is readily accessible to a worker who is likely to be exposed to lead at the mine.