80Post incident monitoring

80 Post incident monitoring

80 Post incident monitoring

(1) The mine operator of an underground coal mine must ensure arrangements are developed and implemented in accordance with this section for the monitoring, as far as reasonably practicable, of the atmosphere of the mine following an explosion or fire that leads to—

(a) the withdrawal of persons from all or part of the mine, and

(b) the cutting of the supply of power to all or part of the mine.

Maximum penalty—

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

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

(2) In developing and implementing the arrangements, the mine operator must ensure consideration is given to the following—

(a) the optimum locations for monitoring points,

(b) the gases to be monitored,

(c) the design of the post incident monitoring system to increase the likelihood of the system being able to continue operating after an incident,

(d) the need for and availability of external resources,

(e) the regular testing of the arrangements.