Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Regulation 2022
18Duty to establish and implement safety management system
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18 Duty to establish and implement safety management system
18 Duty to establish and implement safety management system
(1) The operator of a mine or petroleum site must establish a safety management system for the mine or petroleum site, in accordance with this Subdivision.
Maximum penalty—
(a) for an individual—60 penalty units, or
(b) for a body corporate—300 penalty units.
(2) The operator must, as far as reasonably practicable, implement the safety management system for the mine or petroleum site.
Maximum penalty—
(a) for an individual—60 penalty units, or
(b) for a body corporate—300 penalty units.
(3) The operator must ensure no mining operations or petroleum operations take place during a time at which a part of the safety management system relevant to the mining operations or petroleum operations is not established and implemented at the mine or petroleum site in accordance with this Subdivision.
(4) The safety management system must form part of an overall management system that is in place at the mine or petroleum site.
(5) The safety management system must be designed to be used by the operator as the primary means of ensuring, as far as reasonably practicable—
(a) the health and safety of workers at the mine or petroleum site, and
(b) the health and safety of other persons is not put at risk from the mine or petroleum site or work carried out as part of mining operations or petroleum operations.
(6) Subject to subsection (7), the safety management system must provide a comprehensive and integrated system for the management of all aspects of risks to health and safety in relation to the operation of the mine or petroleum site.
(7) The safety management system must comply with subsection (6) to the extent appropriate to the mine or petroleum site having regard to—
(a) the nature, complexity and location of the mining operations or petroleum operations, and
(b) the risks associated with the operations.
Maximum penalty (subsection (7))—