New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COAL MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2002 - SECT 73

73 Duties of contractors regarding safe work method statement

(1) A contractor must not commence work at a coal operation unless the contractor:

(a) has undertaken an assessment of the risks associated with the work to be carried out by the contractor, and

(b) has prepared a written safe work method statement that includes a copy of the assessment of risks, and

(c) has provided a copy of that statement to a person designated by the operator of the coal operation.

(2) A contractor:

(a) must maintain and keep up-to-date the contractor’s safe work method statement for a place of work, and

(b) must provide a person designated by the operator with any changes made to the safe work method statement.

Note: The requirements for a safe work method statement are set out in section 42.