Western Australian Consolidated Acts

MINES SAFETY AND INSPECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 6

6 .         Application to certain excavations, shafts, or tunnels

        (1)         The Governor may, by order published in the Gazette, declare any surface or underground excavation, shaft, or tunnel constructed for purposes other than those set out in the definition of mining operations in section 4(1) to be deemed a mining operation for the purposes of this Act during any period of the construction of the excavation, shaft or tunnel.

        (2)         In an order published under subsection (1), the Governor may exempt the excavation, shaft, or tunnel from such provisions of this Act as are specified in the order and may prescribe conditions under which the project is to be carried on.

        (3)         This Act applies to an excavation, shaft, or tunnel referred to in an order under subsection (1) subject to the terms of that order.