182Exemptions from certain notification requirements

182 Exemptions from certain notification requirements

182 Exemptions from certain notification requirements

(1) This section applies to a mine or petroleum site if the only activity being undertaken at the mine or petroleum site is exploring for minerals or petroleum.

(2) The operator of a mine or petroleum site to which this section applies is exempt from giving notice of the following reportable events for the mine or petroleum site under section 125—

(a) the commencement of intermittent mining operations at the mine site,

(b) the connection of an electricity supply to the mine or petroleum site.

(3) The operator of a mine or petroleum site to which this section applies is exempt from the following provisions—

(a) section 125(3)(a) and (b) and (5)(a) and (b),

(b) section 125(5)(c), to the extent that a notice is required to include coordinates of the location of proposed wells.

(4) A person who, immediately before the commencement of this section, was exempt under the Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Exemption (Notification of Other Matters for Exploration) 2019, published in Gazette No 165 of 6 December 2019, page 5416 under the WHS Regulations, clause 684, is taken, on the commencement of this section, to be exempt under this section on the same terms.