New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2004 - SECT 27

27 Duty of operator to prepare mine safety management plan

(1) The operator of a mine must prepare a statement, in accordance with this Act and the regulations, stating how the health and safety of the persons who work at the mine, or who are directly affected by the mine, will be protected. This is a "mine safety management plan".

(2) For the purposes of this section, a person may be directly affected by a mine even if the person is not inside the mine.

(3) The regulations may specify which persons or classes of persons are directly affected by a mine for the purposes of this Subdivision.

(4) This section does not require an operator to prepare a mine safety management plan for a mine if:

(a) a previous operator of the mine prepared a plan that complies with this Act and the regulations, and

(b) the plan is adopted by the subsequent operator.