MINING AND QUARRYING SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 1999 - SECT 56 Review of safety and health management system

MINING AND QUARRYING SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 1999 - SECT 56

56 Review of safety and health management system

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a safety and health management system has been developed for a new mine; or

(b) it is proposed to change a safety and health management system at an existing mine.

(2) The site senior executive must review the system in consultation with—

(a) workers, to the extent they are affected by the system; or

(b) appropriate site safety and health representatives and committees.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.

(3) The review under subsection (2) must take place—

(a) for a new mine—as soon as practicable after the start of operations; or

(b) for a change at an existing mine—before the change is effected.