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WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 1995 - SECT 3

3 Application of Act

(1) This Act does not apply to--

(a) a coal mine to which the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 applies; or
(b) a mine to which the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999 applies; or
(c) operating plant, within the meaning of the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004, on land the subject of--
(i) a 1923 Act petroleum tenure under the Petroleum Act 1923; or
(ii) a petroleum authority under the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004; or
(iii) a GHG authority under the Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2009; or
(d) a facility or plant used for geothermal exploration, within the meaning of the Geothermal Exploration Act 2004, section 132A(1), if the facility or plant is used for drilling or drilling related purposes.

(2) This Act does not limit the application of the following Acts--

Explosives Act 1999
Public Safety Preservation Act 1986
Radiation Safety Act 1999
Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Act 1994
Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995.

(3) However, a person on whom an obligation is imposed under part 3 must discharge the obligation by meeting the standard of workplace health and safety required under this Act even though another Act, other than an Act mentioned in subsection (1), may prescribe a lesser standard to discharge the obligation.



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