New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2004 - SECT 35

35 Operator must prepare management structure

(1) As part of the mine safety management plan for a mine, the operator of the mine must prepare a document that sets out the management structure of the mine.

(2) The management structure must:

(a) nominate persons within the structure by position and must outline their areas of responsibility and accountability, and

(b) include competent persons with appropriate engineering competence, and

(c) include competent persons to perform the functions of supervisors of the mine.

(3) An operator must take all reasonable steps to maintain the management structure. This includes having others acting in, and the timely filling of, vacant positions in the structure.

(4) During an emergency, the management structure of a mine may be suspended and a different management structure may be put into place for the duration of the emergency.