Petroleum and Gas (Safety) Regulation 2018
sec.60Additional requirement to stop activities in particular circumstances
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sec.60 Additional requirement to stop activities in particular circumstances
If the operating plant is in, or adjacent to, the area of a coal mining lease, the operator of the operating plant must ensure an activity the operating plant is being used for stops immediately if— the operator becomes aware, or ought reasonably to be aware, that the activity creates an adverse effect on the optimal way of carrying out coal mining operations in the relevant coal mining area; and the holder of the coal mining lease has not consented in writing to the activity being carried out. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. The operator must ensure the activity does not resume until— the activity is modified to not adversely affect the optimal way of carrying out coal mining operations; or the holder of the coal mining lease consents in writing to the activity being carried out. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.60-ssec.1) If the operating plant is in, or adjacent to, the area of a coal mining lease, the operator of the operating plant must ensure an activity the operating plant is being used for stops immediately if— the operator becomes aware, or ought reasonably to be aware, that the activity creates an adverse effect on the optimal way of carrying out coal mining operations in the relevant coal mining area; and the holder of the coal mining lease has not consented in writing to the activity being carried out. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.60-ssec.2) The operator must ensure the activity does not resume until— the activity is modified to not adversely affect the optimal way of carrying out coal mining operations; or the holder of the coal mining lease consents in writing to the activity being carried out. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
- (a) the operator becomes aware, or ought reasonably to be aware, that the activity creates an adverse effect on the optimal way of carrying out coal mining operations in the relevant coal mining area; and
- (b) the holder of the coal mining lease has not consented in writing to the activity being carried out.
- (a) the activity is modified to not adversely affect the optimal way of carrying out coal mining operations; or
- (b) the holder of the coal mining lease consents in writing to the activity being carried out.