Western Australian Consolidated Acts

MINES SAFETY AND INSPECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 32A

32A .         Change of principal employer etc. to be notified

        (1)         If there is a change in the identity of the principal employer at a mine, the new principal employer must, not later than 7 days after the change occurs, provide to the district inspector for the region where the mine is situated particulars of —

            (a)         the name and address of —

                  (i)         the new principal employer; or

                  (ii)         each person who is a member of the partnership, syndicate or other association of persons that comprises the new principal employer,

                as the case may be; and

            (b)         the day on which the change occurred.

        (2)         If there is a change to the name or address of a principal employer at a mine, the principal employer must, not later than 7 days after the change occurs, provide particulars of the change to the district inspector for the region where the mine is situated.

        (3)         If —

            (a)         the principal employer at a mine, or the person who under section 32(4) has assumed the duties of the principal employer at a mine, is a partnership, syndicate or other association of persons (the association ); and

            (b)         there is a change —

                  (i)         in the membership of the association; or

                  (ii)         to the name or address of any member of the association,

                the principal employer must, not later than 7 days after the change occurs, provide particulars of the change to the district inspector for the region where the mine is situated.

        (4)         A principal employer who contravenes subsection (1), (2) or (3) commits an offence.

        [Section 32A inserted by No. 68 of 2004 s. 41.]