Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The objects of
this Act are —
(a) to
promote, and secure the safety and health of persons engaged in mining
operations; and
(b) to
assist employers and employees to identify and reduce hazards relating to
mines, mining operations, work systems and plant at mines; and
(c) to
protect employees against the risks associated with mines, mining operations,
work systems at mines, and plant and hazardous substances at mines by
eliminating those risks, or imposing effective controls in order to minimize
them; and
(d) to
foster and facilitate cooperation and consultation between employers and
employees, and associations representing employers and employees, and to
provide for the participation of those persons and associations in the
formulation and implementation of safety and health standards and optimum
working practices; and
(e) to
provide procedures for employers and employees to contribute to the
development and formulation of safety legislation for mines and mining
operations and to consult regarding its administration.
(2) In
subsection (1) —
employer and employee include a person taken to be
an employer and an employee respectively by operation of section 15A, 15B
or 15C.
[Section 3 amended by No. 30 of 1995
s. 76(2) and (4); No. 68 of 2004 s. 4.]