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Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) Act 2017
sec.7Relationship with mining safety legislation
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### sec.7 Relationship with mining safety legislation
This section applies if—
the Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) applies to a mining railway; and
the mining safety legislation would, in the absence of this section, also apply to the mining railway.
The mining safety legislation does not apply to the mining railway to the extent that the Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) applies.
In this section—
mining railway means a railway that is in a mine other than a railway mentioned in the Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) , section 7 (1) (a) .
mining safety legislation means—
the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 ; or
the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999 .
(sec.7-ssec.1) This section applies if— the Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) applies to a mining railway; and the mining safety legislation would, in the absence of this section, also apply to the mining railway.
(sec.7-ssec.2) The mining safety legislation does not apply to the mining railway to the extent that the Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) applies.
(sec.7-ssec.3) In this section— mining railway means a railway that is in a mine other than a railway mentioned in the Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) , section 7 (1) (a) . mining safety legislation means— the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 ; or the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999 .
- (a) the Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) applies to a mining railway; and
- (b) the mining safety legislation would, in the absence of this section, also apply to the mining railway.
- (a) the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 ; or
- (b) the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999 .