67Functions of Board

67 Functions of Board

67 Functions of Board

(1) The Board has the following functions—

(a) to oversee the development of competence standards for persons exercising functions at a mine or petroleum site that may impact on the health and safety of any person,

(b) to undertake initial and ongoing assessments of the competence of persons exercising any such function,

(c) to advise the Minister on matters related to the competence required of persons to exercise any such function.

(2) The Board also has any function conferred or imposed on it by this Act, the regulations or the Minister.

(3) Without limiting subsection (1), the Board may do any or all of the following for the purpose of carrying out its functions—

(a) engage consultants,

(b) develop competence standards or cause competence standards to be developed,

(c) assess a person’s competence, cause a person’s competence to be assessed or accept an assessment of a person’s competence.

s 67: Am 2015 No 43, Sch 1 [49].