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Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Act 2013
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#### 6 Meaning of “mine”
6 Meaning of “mine”
> > (1) In this Act, a mine is a place that is a workplace at which mining operations are carried out and it includes any fixtures, fittings, plant or structures at the place that are used or were formerly used for mining operations.
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> > (2) In this Act, a tourist mine means a mine—
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> > > (a) at which no mining operations are carried out other than educational activities or tourist activities carried out in connection with former mining activities at the mine, and
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> > > (b) at which there is a hazard prescribed by the regulations that was present at the mine when former mining activities were carried out.
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> **s 6:** Subst 2015 No 43, Sch 1 \[10\].