65Duty to prepare ventilation control plan

65 Duty to prepare ventilation control plan

65 Duty to prepare ventilation control plan

(1) The mine operator of an underground mine must ensure a plan is prepared to provide for the management of all aspects of ventilation at the mine (a ventilation control plan).

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual—60 penalty units, or

(b) for a body corporate—300 penalty units.

(2) The ventilation control plan must describe all control measures implemented in relation to ventilation at the mine.

(3) Without limiting subsection (2), the ventilation control plan must include a description of the following, if applicable to the mine—

(a) the design and operation of the ventilation system, including the standards applying to the placement, operation, maintenance and monitoring of ventilation plant,

(b) arrangements for inspecting, monitoring, maintaining and testing the ventilation system,

(c) arrangements for managing risks to health and safety associated with potential inrush hazards and leakage into intake airways of atmospheric contaminants from goaf areas and abandoned sealed workings,

(d) arrangements for managing risks to health and safety associated with intake air travelling across the face of a permanent seal at the mine,

(e) arrangements, in the event of a loss of power supply, for an alternate and independent way of operating the main ventilation fans or for the withdrawal of persons from the mine,

(f) arrangements for managing risks to health and safety associated with ignition sources in the event that the main ventilation fans fail to adequately ventilate the mine,

(g) procedures to ensure the health and safety of persons at the mine in the event of a total or partial ventilation failure,

(h) for an underground coal mine—arrangements for sealing all, or part of, the mine,

(i) procedures for ventilating the parts of the mine where persons work or travel,

(j) how close ventilation ducting and brattice lines must be to a face,

(k) arrangements for the installation of ventilation control devices,