Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Mines Act 1958 - SECT 382

Penalty for not making use of appliances etc. for securing safety etc.

382. Penalty for not making use of appliances etc. for securing safety etc.





(1) Where in any mine provision is made as required by this Act or the
regulations for the purpose of preventing accidents or nuisances or securing
the health or safety of persons employed in on or about the mine, every person
who as occasion may require wilfully refuses neglects or omits to make use of
or avail himself of any appliances contrivances or means provided for any such
purpose (if in the opinion of the court before which proceedings are taken any
such refusal neglect or omission is of such a character as to be reasonably
calculated to cause an accident or a nuisance or to endanger the health or
safety of persons so employed) shall be liable to a penalty of not more than
10 penalty units.

(2) Where latrine accommodation has been provided in any mine as required by
this Act or the regulations every person who pollutes or commits a nuisance in
the underground workings of the mine or any unused or worked out portion of
the mine shall be liable to a penalty of not more than 1 penalty unit.