New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

COAL MINES (UNDERGROUND) REGULATION 1999 - REG 10

10 Duties of mining officials

(1) Mining officials must:

(a) take steps to make known to persons assigned to them any relevant information arising from their work at the mine and concerning their safety or health, and

(b) immediately act on any information received or discovered regarding the health or safety of persons in their charge, and

(c) investigate any complaints or reports made to them regarding the health or safety of persons in their charge, and

(d) take remedial action as soon as practicable to control known dangers to safety or health or, if such action is not possible, pass appropriate information regarding the danger on to a more senior mining official, and

(e) take steps to control the entry of persons to any part of the mine where danger is discovered and cannot be immediately rectified, and

(f) take steps to know at all times the whereabouts of persons in their charge, and

(g) attend, on a regular basis during the course of a shift, the places where persons in their charge are working and monitor conditions that may adversely affect their safety or health.

(2) The frequency of attendance by a mining official at places where persons in the official’s charge are working is to be based on an estimation by the official of the hazards involved in the work or the working environment. The greater the hazards, the more frequent the attendance.