Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this
section —
committee means the committee referred to in
subsection (2);
mining industry means the mining industry in the
State;
Ministers means —
(a) the
Minister to whom the administration of this Act is committed; and
(b) the
Minister to whom the administration of the Mines Safety and
Inspection Act 1994 is committed (the Minister for Mines ),
acting jointly.
(2) There is to be an
advisory committee called the Mining Industry Advisory Committee.
(3) The functions of
the committee are —
(a) to
advise and make recommendations to the Ministers and the Commission on
occupational safety and health matters concerning the mining industry; and
(b) to
liaise with the Commission to coordinate activities on related functions and
to maintain parallel standards,
and in particular, but
without limiting the generality of paragraphs (a) and (b) —
(c) to
inquire into and report to the Ministers regarding any matter referred to it
by the Ministers relating to occupational safety and health in the mining
industry;
(d) to
make recommendations to the Minister for Mines regarding the formulation,
amendment, or repeal of laws relating to occupational safety and health for
which that Minister is responsible;
(e) to
prepare or recommend the adoption of codes of practice, guidelines, standards,
specifications or other forms of guidance for the purpose of assisting
employers, self-employed persons, employees, manufacturers or other persons to
maintain appropriate standards of occupational safety and health in the mining
industry; and
(f) to
provide advice on —
(i)
education and publications; and
(ii)
training and training courses,
with respect to
occupational safety and health in the mining industry.
(4) The chairperson of
the committee is to be the member of the Commission nominated under
section 6(2)(c)(ii).
(5) Subject to
subsection (4), the Ministers —
(a) are
to appoint the members of; and
(b) may
alter or reconstitute,
the committee.
(6) The members of the
committee are entitled to be paid such remuneration and travelling and other
allowances as may be determined by the Ministers on the recommendation of the
Minister for Public Sector Management.
(7) Subject to any
direction given to it by the Commission, the committee is to determine its own
procedures.
[Section 14A inserted by No. 51 of 2004
s. 106.]