178Exemptions for certain gemstone mines, tourist mines and tier-3 quarries

178 Exemptions for certain gemstone mines, tourist mines and tier-3 quarries

178 Exemptions for certain gemstone mines, tourist mines and tier-3 quarries

(1) This section applies to the following mines—

(a) an opal mine,

(b) an underground mine that is a small gemstone mine,

(c) a tourist mine,

(d) a tier-3 quarry.

(2) A mine to which this section applies is exempt from the following provisions of this Regulation—

(a) Part 3, Division 2,

(b) sections 19(2)(c), 31, 58, 62(3), 63, 65–67, 103 and 126.

(3) The safety management system document for a mine to which this section applies is not required to set out the matters in section 19(2)(c) but must instead set out the systems, procedures, plans and other control measures that will be used to control risks to health and safety at the mine associated with the following—

(a) ground or strata failure,

(b) inundation or inrush of a substance,

(c) mine shafts and winding systems,

(d) roads or other vehicle operating areas,

(e) air quality or dust or other airborne contaminants,

(f) the mechanical aspects of plant or structures,

(g) electricity,

(h) ventilation,

(i) a hazard identified by the mine operator under the WHS Regulations, clause 34 that has a reasonable potential to result in multiple deaths in a single incident or a series of recurring incidents.

(4) Subsection (3)(c) and (h) does not apply to a tier-3 quarry.

s 178: Am 2022 (670), Sch 1[2] [3].