New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COAL INDUSTRY ACT 2001 - SECT 36

36 Determination of mines rescue company with respect to mine rescue personnel, equipment and storage facilities

(1) The mines rescue company must, for each underground coal mine in New South Wales, determine:

(a) the number of persons employed at the mine whose services the owner of the mine must make available to the mines rescue company for mine rescue purposes, and

(b) the number of items, and the kinds, of breathing apparatus and other rescue equipment that the owner must provide at the mine for use by those persons, and

(c) the amount of area, and the kinds of facilities, that the owner must make available at the mine for the storage of that equipment when not in use, for training members of the Brigade and for use by those members during emergencies at the mine.

(2) The mines rescue company may, from time to time, vary a determination made under this section.

(3) For the purposes of this section, a determination is taken to be varied if it is revoked and replaced by another determination.