73Goaf areas and abandoned or sealed workings

73 Goaf areas and abandoned or sealed workings

73 Goaf areas and abandoned or sealed workings

(1) In complying with section 14, the mine operator of an underground coal mine must manage risks to health and safety associated with goaf areas and abandoned or sealed workings.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the mine operator must—

(a) as far as reasonably practicable, prevent intake air from travelling across the face of a permanent seal at the mine, and

(b) provide ways of minimising the risks of inrush and leakage into intake airways of atmospheric contaminants from goaf areas and abandoned or sealed workings, and

(c) determine, by a risk assessment, the level of monitoring appropriate for the goaf areas and abandoned or sealed workings and implement the monitoring.