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Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Regulation 2022
184Removal of gas from underground coal mines—the WHS (MPS) Act, ss 7 and 7B
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184 Removal of gas from underground coal mines—the WHS (MPS) Act, ss 7 and 7B
184 Removal of gas from underground coal mines—the WHS (MPS) Act, ss 7 and 7B
For the WHS (MPS) Act, sections 7(1)(f) and 7B(2), drilling from the surface to extract gas, and the subsequent extraction of the gas, from a coal seam and surrounding strata for the purposes of ensuring safety at an underground coal mine are prescribed as mining operations and are declared not to be petroleum operations.