Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Regulation 2022
8Additional requirements for opal mine holders and operators
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8 Additional requirements for opal mine holders and operators
8 Additional requirements for opal mine holders and operators
(1) A person may be appointed to be a mine operator of an opal mine under section 5 only if the person has, within the period of 5 years before the appointment, undertaken safety training.
(2) A mine holder of an opal mine who is the mine operator of the mine must have undertaken safety training within the period of 5 years before carrying out mining operations as the mine operator of the mine.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a person who, immediately before 13 April 2018, was the mine operator of an opal mine.
(4) A person who, immediately before 13 April 2018, was the mine operator of an opal mine must undertake safety training before 13 April 2023.
(5) A mine operator of an opal mine must undertake safety training at least once every 5 years after having completed the safety training referred to in subsection (1), (2) or (4).
(6) A mine holder of an opal mine who is not the mine operator of the mine must ensure a person appointed as the mine operator of the mine undertakes safety training as required under this section.
Maximum penalty—
(a) for an individual—36 penalty units, or
(b) for a body corporate—180 penalty units.
(7) A mine holder of an opal mine who is the mine operator of the mine must not carry out mining operations at the mine if the mine holder has not undertaken safety training as required under this section.
Maximum penalty—
(a) for an individual—36 penalty units, or
(b) for a body corporate—180 penalty units.
(8) If a person required to undertake safety training under this section is a body corporate, the body corporate complies with the requirement if the individual responsible for supervising mining operations at the mine undertakes the safety training.
(9) In this section—
safety training means a course of training specified by the regulator relating to health and safety at opal mines.