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Work Health and Safety (Mines) Regulations 2022
Subdiv 1AMine emergency workers — all mines
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Subdivision 1A — Mine emergency workers — all mines
670B. Mine emergency workers 464
Subdivision 2 — Underground mines
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Emergency exits 465
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Communication, safe escape and refuge 466
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Signage for refuges 467
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Self‑rescuers 467
674A. First aid and rescue equipment 468
- Personal protective equipment for emergencies 468
675AA. Competent persons at surface 469
Division 6 — Information, training and instruction
675A. Duty to inform workers about mine safety management system 469
675B. Duty to provide information, training and instruction 470
675BA. Site induction for new workers 471
675BB. Duty of persons conducting businesses or undertaking to ensure competency of workers 471
675C. Information for visitors 472
675D. Review of information, training and instruction 472
675E. Records of training 472
Part 10.3 — Health management and monitoring
Division 1 — Health management
675EA. Duty to prepare and implement health management plan 473
675EB. Duty to provide information on health management plan 474
Division 2 — Health monitoring
675F. Health monitoring of workers 475
675G. Duty to inform of health monitoring 476
675H. Duty to ensure health monitoring is carried out or supervised by registered medical practitioner with experience 476
675I. Duty to pay costs of health monitoring 477
675J. Duty to provide registered medical practitioner with information 477
675K. Health monitoring report 478
675L. Person conducting business or undertaking to obtain health monitoring report 478
675M. Person conducting business or undertaking to give health monitoring report to mine operator 479
675N. Duty to give health monitoring report to worker 479
675O. Duty to give health monitoring report to regulator 479
675P. Health monitoring reports kept as records 480
Part 10.4 — Not used
675Q. Not used 480
675R. Not used 480
Part 10.5 — Mine survey plans
675RA. Meaning of mine survey plan 481
675S. Duty to prepare and maintain mine survey plan 481
675T. Not used 482
675TA. Minimum requirements for mine survey plans where underground or quarry operations carried out 482
675U. Mine survey plans to be available 484
675UA. Fatal accident site survey plan 484
675UB. Duty to provide mine survey plan when mine closed or suspended 485
Part 10.6 — Provision of information to regulator
675UC. Information about commencement of non‑exploration mining operations 486
675UD. Information about commencement of additional mining operations 488
675UE. Request for further information about commencement of mining operations 490
675UF. Information about suspension and lifting of suspension 491
675UG. Duty of mine operator to ensure mine is safe and secure during suspension 493
675UH. Information about care and maintenance 494
675UI. Information about closure of mine 495
675UJ. Information about commencement of exploration operations 497
675UK. Information about high risk mining activities 498
675UL. Acknowledging notice about high risk mining activities 501
675V. Duty to notify regulator of reportable incidents 501
675W. Quarterly reports 502
675X. Duty to notify mine operator of incidents 502
675Z. Mine record must be kept and available 504
675ZA. Mine record to contain inspection records 507
Part 10.7A — Positions in relation to mines
Division 1 — Duties to have persons carry out functions of statutory positions
675ZB. Duties of mine operators in relation to statutory positions at mines 507
675ZC. Sufficient persons must be appointed for statutory positions 509
Division 2 — Mine operator
675ZD. Information about mine operator 509
675ZE. Duties of mine operator 511
675ZF. Duties of mine operator of exploration mine without workers 512
675ZG. Duties of mine operator of mine where non‑exploration operations are carried out without workers 512
Division 3 — Site senior executive
675ZH. Mine to have site senior executive 513
675ZI. Appointment of site senior executive 514
675ZJ. Functions of site senior executive 515
675ZK. Information about site senior executive 516
Division 4 — Exploration manager
675ZL. Exploration mine to have exploration manager 517
675ZM. Appointment of exploration manager 518
675ZN. Functions of exploration manager 519
675ZO. Information about exploration manager 519
Division 5 — Schedule 26 positions
675ZP. Schedule 26 positions, functions and eligibility requirements 521
675ZQ. Appointment of persons to Schedule 26 positions 521
Division 6 — General provisions about statutory positions
675ZR. Appointment of alternates for key statutory positions 522
675ZS. Eligibility of persons in key statutory positions to be appointed to particular positions at other mines 523
675ZT. Exemption from requirement to make certain appointments for mine engaged in exploration operations only 523
675ZU. Only 1 person appointed to key statutory positions for a mine 524
675ZV. Accepting appointments under Part 524
675ZW. Recording appointment of persons to statutory positions 524
675ZX. Giving false or misleading information or document about eligibility for statutory position 525
675ZY. Statutory position‑holder to carry out functions 526
Part 10.7B — Statutory certificates
675ZZ. Meaning of applicant 526
675ZZA. Schedule 27 sets out statutory certificates 526
675ZZB. Applications for statutory certificates 526
675ZZC. Grant of statutory certificate 527
675ZZD. Replacement statutory certificate 528
675ZZE. Suspending or cancelling statutory certificates 528
675ZZF. Register of statutory certificates 530
Part 10.7C — Assessments and courses for statutory positions and certificates
675ZZG. Regulator to make determination about mining safety legislation for examinations 530
675ZZH. Applicable legislation examinations 531
675ZZI. Register of persons who pass applicable legislation examinations 532
675ZZJ. Approving WHS risk management units for statutory positions and certificates 532
675ZZK. Regulator may approve courses for particular statutory positions 533
675ZZL. Referral of application for statutory certificate to relevant competence committee 533
675ZZM. Relevant competence committee to make determination about mining practice examinations 534
675ZZN. Mining practice examinations 535
Part 11.1 — Review of decisions under these regulations
Division 1 — Reviewable decisions
- Which decisions under these regulations are reviewable 536
Division 2 — Internal review
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Application 545
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Application for internal review 545
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Internal reviewer 546
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Decision of internal reviewer 546
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Decision on internal review 547
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Internal review: reviewable decision continues 547
Division 3 — External review
- Application for external review 547