New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COAL MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2002 - SECT 8

8 Application of Act

(1) This Act applies to all places of work that are:

(a) within a colliery holding, or

(b) a coal exploration site, or

(c) the subject of a licence to mine coal under the Offshore Minerals Act 1999 .

(2) This Act also applies to abandoned coal operations and emplacement areas.

(3) This Act does not apply to:

(a) any place that is of a class prescribed by the regulations or in circumstances or during time periods prescribed by the regulations, or

(b) any place specified by the Minister in a notice published in the Gazette.

(4) The Minister is to notify any other Minister administering the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 if any notice under subsection (3) (b) is published in the Gazette. However, failure to notify that other Minister does not affect the validity of the notice published in the Gazette.