Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Regulation 2017
sec.60AMeaning of possible major hazard facility
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sec.60A Meaning of possible major hazard facility
A mine is a possible major hazard facility if relevant operations carried on, or intended to be carried on, at the mine involve or are likely to involve, temporarily or permanently, a quantity of material (other than material in transit) exceeding the corresponding threshold or aggregate quantity for the material worked out under the major hazard facilities standard, schedule 1 . In this section— relevant operations means operations other than the preparation and use of explosives at a blast site. (sec.60A-ssec.1) A mine is a possible major hazard facility if relevant operations carried on, or intended to be carried on, at the mine involve or are likely to involve, temporarily or permanently, a quantity of material (other than material in transit) exceeding the corresponding threshold or aggregate quantity for the material worked out under the major hazard facilities standard, schedule 1 . (sec.60A-ssec.2) In this section— relevant operations means operations other than the preparation and use of explosives at a blast site.