187Registration of plant designs and items of plant—the WHS Act, s 42

187 Registration of plant designs and items of plant—the WHS Act, s 42

187 Registration of plant designs and items of plant—the WHS Act, s 42

(1) The design of the following items of plant must be registered under the WHS Regulations, Part 5.3 if they are used at an underground coal mine—

(a) diesel engine systems,

(b) booster fans,

(c) braking systems on plant used in underground transport,

(d) canopies on continuous miners,

(e) electrically powered hand-held plant used to determine or monitor the presence of gas,

(f) electrically powered fixed installations and installations on mobile plant used to determine or monitor the presence of gas, but not tube bundle systems where the analyser is installed at the surface,

(g) breathing apparatus to assist escape, including self-rescuers,

(h) shotfiring apparatus, including exploders and circuit testers,

(i) detonators,

(j) explosive-powered tools,

(k) conveyor belting.

(2) The design of a winding system, other than a winding system at a small gemstone mine, must be registered under the WHS Regulations, Part 5.3 if the winding system is used at a mine.

(3) Each of the following items of plant must be registered under the WHS Regulations, Part 5.3—

(a) a winding system, other than a winding system at a small gemstone mine, used at a mine,

(b) a diesel engine system or a booster fan used at an underground coal mine.

(4) Despite the WHS Regulations, clause 272A, registration of an item required to be registered under subsection (3)—

(a) takes effect—

(i) on the date registration is granted by the regulator, or

(ii) on a later date specified by the regulator in the notice to the applicant under the WHS Regulations, clause 269(4), and