46Reports by mine safety and health representatives

46 Reports by mine safety and health representatives

46 Reports by mine safety and health representatives

(1) A mine safety and health representative for a coal mine must, within 7 days after making an inspection of the coal mine or of any part of the coal mine, give the mine operator of the coal mine a report of the results of the inspection.

Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.

(2) The mine operator of the coal mine must keep any such report at the mine for at least 12 months after it is made.

Maximum penalty—

(a) in the case of an individual—100 penalty units, or

(b) in the case of a body corporate—500 penalty units.

(3) The regulations may limit the kinds of inspection to which this section applies.

s 46: Am 2022 No 24, Sch 1[4] [5] [13].