433Emergency plan

433 Emergency plan

(1) The operator of a prescribed mine must prepare an emergency plan for the mine in accordance with subregulation (2).

(2) The emergency plan must—

(a) address all aspects of emergency response, including—

(i) ensuring that a system exists that enables all persons within the mine at any given time to be promptly located; and

(ii) the provision of adequate rescue equipment; and

(iii) ensuring that persons trained in the use of rescue equipment are available on site, or are on call, whenever any person is working at the mine; and

(b) be prepared in conjunction with—

(i) the emergency services that have responsibility for the area in which the mine is located; and

(ii) in relation to major mining hazards that could adversely affect the health or safety of persons in the area surrounding the mine, any municipal council in that area; and

(c) be documented in a form that it is readily comprehensible to persons who use it; and

(d) be able to be implemented immediately in response to an incident involving a significant risk of serious injury or death.

(3) The operator must immediately implement the emergency plan in responding to incidents involving a significant risk of serious injury or death.

(4) The operator of a prescribed mine must ensure that the emergency plan is kept available for inspection on request under the Act.