New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

COAL MINES (UNDERGROUND) REGULATION 1999 - REG 4

4 Definitions

(1) In this Regulation:
"applied to", in relation to the application of codes, standards or guidelines to mines, means specified in respect of a mine by the Chief Inspector in a notice published under clause 14 of the Coal Mines (General) Regulation 1999 .
"approved", in relation to any equipment, apparatus, material or thing, means approved by the Chief Inspector or an accredited assessing authority under the Coal Mines (General) Regulation 1999 .
"competent" means having appropriate experience, knowledge, skills and capability.
"deputy", in relation to a mine, means a deputy appointed by the mine manager under the Act.
"hazardous zone" means:

(a) a return airway in a mine, or

(b) that part of an intake airway in a ventilation district in a mine that is on the return side of such points as are 100 metres outbye the most inbye completed line of cutthroughs or 100 metres from, and on the intake side of, a longwall or shortwall face, or

(c) a part of a mine in which there is a methane concentration of 1.25 per cent or greater in the general body of air, or

(d) a part of a mine specified as a hazardous zone.

"intrinsically safe", in relation to any circuit or electrical apparatus, means explosion protected by such means that any spark or thermal effect produced in the circuit or apparatus is incapable of causing ignition of an explosive mixture of methane or other flammable gases or vapours and air.
"production district" means a production district established by a mine’s inspection system.
"specified" (except in clauses 34 (1) and 205) means specified in writing by the Chief Inspector and published in the Gazette.
"the Act" means the Coal Mines Regulation Act 1982 .
"ventilation district" means a part of a mine that is ventilated by a separate air split.

(2) In this Regulation, a reference to an Australian Standard is a reference to a Standard published by Standards Australia.

(3) The explanatory note, table of contents and notes in the text of this Regulation do not form part of this Regulation.