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Western Australia
Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment
Bill 2001
CONTENTS
1. Short title 1
2. The Act amended 2
3. Section 4 amended 2
4. Section 43A inserted 2
5. Section 98 amended 4
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Western Australia
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment
Bill 2001
A Bill for
An Act to amend the Mines Safety and Inspection Act 1994.
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Mines Safety and Inspection
Amendment Act 2001.
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s. 2
2. The Act amended
The amendments in this Act are to the Mines Safety and
Inspection Act 1994*.
[* Act No. 62 of 1994.
5 For subsequent amendments see 2000 Index to Legislation of
Western Australia, Table 1, p. 292.]
3. Section 4 amended
Section 4(1) is amended as follows:
(a) in the definition of "manager", by deleting all of the
10 definition after "means the registered manager for the
mine" and inserting a semicolon instead;
(b) in each of the definitions of "quarry manager" and
"underground manager", by deleting "the manager who"
and inserting instead --
15 " the person who ".
4. Section 43A inserted
After section 43, the following section is inserted --
"
43A. Duties and responsibilities of underground manager
20 or quarry manager
(1) An underground manager is responsible for the
immediate direction and control, on a daily basis, of the
underground operations of the mine for which the
holder of that office is the underground manager,
25 subject to any instructions given to the underground
manager by the registered manager or by or on behalf
of the principal employer.
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(2) The underground manager of a mine must, so far as is
practicable --
(a) control and supervise, on a daily basis, the
underground operations of the mine; and
5 (b) ensure that every person who is appointed to
perform any duty under this Act underground
understands the nature and scope of that duty;
and
(c) ensure that, when underground, every person,
10 other than the registered manager, the principal
employer, or any person acting on behalf of the
principal employer, performs all duties imposed
on that person under this Act.
(3) A quarry manager is responsible for the immediate
15 direction and control, on a daily basis, of the quarry
operations of the mine for which the holder of that
office is the quarry manager, subject to any instructions
given to the quarry manager by the registered manager
or by or on behalf of the principal employer.
20 (4) The quarry manager of a mine must, so far as is
practicable --
(a) control and supervise, on a daily basis, the
quarry operations of the mine; and
(b) ensure that every person who is appointed to
25 perform any duty under this Act in the course
of quarry operations understands the nature and
scope of that duty; and
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(c) ensure that, when engaged in quarry operations,
every person, other than the registered
manager, the principal employer, or any person
acting on behalf of the principal employer,
5 performs all duties imposed on that person
under this Act.
Penalty: $5 000.
".
5. Section 98 amended
10 Section 98(1)(c) is amended by deleting "or the manager of a
mine" and inserting instead --
"
of a mine or the underground manager or
quarry manager for a mine
15 ".
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