New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COAL MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2002 - SECT 63

63 Duties of manager of mining engineering

(1) The manager of mining engineering for a coal operation must advise the operator of health and safety standards and practices in the manager’s discipline.

(2) The manager of mining engineering for a coal operation must bring any significant deviation from those standards and practices, and any risks to health and safety that he or she becomes aware of, to the attention of the operator.

(3) A failure by the manager of mining engineering to bring such a deviation to the operator’s attention does not affect any liability of the operator under this Act or the regulations or under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 or the regulations made under that Act.