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MINES SAFETY AND INSPECTION REGULATIONS 1995 - NOTES

Notes

1 This is a compilation of the Mines Safety and Inspection Regulations 1995 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table 1a. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Citation

Gazettal

Commencement

Mines Safety and Inspection Regulations 1995

8 Dec 1995 p. 5629‑932

9 Dec 1995 (see r. 1.2 and Gazette 8 Dec 1995 p. 5935)

Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Regulations 1996

19 Jan 1996 p. 235‑7

20 Jan 1996 (see r. 2 and Gazette 19 Jan 1996 p. 201)

Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1996

9 Feb 1996 p. 485

9 Feb 1996

Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 1996

1 Nov 1996 p. 5780

1 Nov 1996

Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 1996

13 Dec 1996 p. 6931‑2

13 Dec 1996

Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Regulations 1997

28 Feb 1997 p. 1329‑30

28 Feb 1997

Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1997

4 Jul 1997 p. 3498‑9

4 Jul 1997

Reprint of the Mines Safety and Inspection Regulations 1995 as at 17 Oct 1997
(includes amendments listed above)

Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Regulations 1998

13 Nov 1998 p. 6218‑21

13 Nov 1998

Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2000

23 Jun 2000 p. 3202‑3

1 Jul 2000 (see r. 2)

Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Regulations 2000

27 Jul 2001
p. 3797‑8

27 Jul 2001

Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2001 Pt. 8

28 Sep 2001 p. 5353‑8

15 Jul 2001 (see r. 2 and Cwlth. Gazette 13 Jul 2001 No. S285)

Reprint of the Mines Safety and Inspection Regulations 1995 as at 5 Apr 2002
(includes amendments listed above)

Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Regulations 2002

3 Sep 2002 p. 4475

3 Sep 2002

Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Regulations 2003

28 Feb 2003 p. 668‑9

28 Feb 2003

Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2003

27 Jun 2003 p. 2402‑3

1 Jul 2003 (see r. 2)

Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Regulations 2004

13 Feb 2004 p. 541‑5

13 Feb 2004

Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 2004

29 Jun 2004 p. 2538

1 Jul 2004 (see r. 2)

Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2004

7 Jan 2005 p. 72‑3

7 Jan 2005

Reprint 3: The Mines Safety and Inspection Regulations 1995 as at 4 Mar 2005
(includes amendments listed above)

Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Regulations 2005 6, 7

4 Apr 2005 p. 1099‑117

4 Apr 2005 (see r. 2)

Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2005

28 Jun 2005 p. 2925

1 Jul 2005 (see r. 2)

Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Regulations 2006

27 Jun 2006 p. 2279‑80

1 Jul 2006 (see r. 2)

Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2007

15 Jun 2007 p. 2788

r. 1 and 2: 15 Jun 2007 (see r. 2(a));
Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2007 (see r. 2(b))

Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Regulations 2008

29 Feb 2008 p. 684‑92

r. 1 and 2: 29 Feb 2008 (see r. 2(a));
Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Mar 2008 (see r. 2(b) and Gazette 29 Feb 2008 p. 669)

Reprint 4: The Mines Safety and Inspection Regulations 1995 as at 20 Mar 2008
(includes amendments listed above)

Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2008

17 Jun 2008 p. 2567‑8

r. 1 and 2: 17 Jun 2008 (see r. 2(a));
Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2008 (see r. 2(b))

Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2009

16 Jun 2009 p. 2191‑2

r. 1 and 2: 16 Jun 2009 (see r. 2(a));
Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2009 (see r. 2(b))

Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Regulations 2009

21 Jul 2009 p. 2918‑27

r. 1 and 2: 21 Jul 2009 (see r. 2(a));
Regulations other than r. 1, 2 and 18: 22 Jul 2009 (see r. 2(c));
r. 18: 20 Jul 2010 (see r. 2(b))

Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 2009

21 Aug 2009 p. 3270

r. 1 and 2: 21 Aug 2009 (see r. 2(a));
Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 22 Aug 2009 (see r. 2(b))

Reprint 5: The Mines Safety and Inspection Regulations 1995 as at 16 Oct 2009
(includes amendments listed above except those in the Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Regulations 2009 r. 18)

Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Regulations 2010

25 Jun 2010 p. 2871

r. 1 and 2: 25 Jun 2010 (see r. 2(a));
Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2010 (see r. 2(b))

Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Regulations 2011

20 Sep 2011 p. 3800

r. 1 and 2: 20 Sep 2011 (see r. 2(a));
Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 21 Sep 2011 (see r. 2(b))

2 The Standards Association of Australia has changed its corporate status and its name. It is now Standards Australia International Limited (ACN 087 326 690). It also trades as Standards Australia.

3 Repealed by the Medical Practitioners Act 2008.

4 Repealed by the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission (Repeal, Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2005 (Commonwealth).

5 Formerly referred to the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 1981, the short title of which was changed to the Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981 by the Workers’ Compensation Reform Act 2004 s. 5. The reference was changed under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(3)(gb).

6 The Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Regulations 2005 r. 10(2)‑(4) read as follows:


(2) If immediately before the commencement of subregulation (1) —

(a) there is a form that has the approval of the Mines Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Board for the purposes of the definition of assessment form in regulation 3.23; or

(b) there is a form that has the approval of that Board for the purposes of the definition of respiratory questionnaire in that regulation,

the approval is to be treated as if it had been given by the Mining Industry Advisory Committee.

(3) Any advice given by the Mines Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Board before the commencement of subregulation (1) for the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of designated work in regulation 3.23 is to be treated as if it had been given by the Mining Industry Advisory Committee.

(4) In this regulation —

Mines Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Board has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Act as in force before the commencement of section 115(2) of the Occupational Safety and Health Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004.


7 The Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Regulations 2005 r. 13(2)‑(3) read as follows:


(2) Any advice given by the Mines Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Board before the commencement of subregulation (1) for the purposes of regulation 9.2 is to be treated as if it had been given by the Mining Industry Advisory Committee.

(3) In subregulation (2) —

Mines Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Board has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Act as in force before the commencement of section 115(2) of the Occupational Safety and Health Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004.




Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term Provision(s)
absorbed dose 16.1
action level 7.1
additional health assessment 3.23
adequate 4.33(2)
ADG Code 7.20
ADR 1.3
AFFF 10.47(1)
alter 6.1
an escape route 10.10(1)
applicant 2.21(1), 2.22(1), 2.23(1), 2.24(1), 2.25(1), 2.28(1), 2.30(1), 3.47(1)
appointed member 2.7
approved 7.1, 16.1
approved person .3.23
AS 1.3
AS/NZS 1.3
asbestos removal work 9.1
assessment form . 3.23
atmospheric contaminant 9.1
audiometric test 3.23
Australian Design Rule 1.3
authorised limit 16.1
authorised person 5.31(4), 8.21(6)
automotive diesel fuel 10.47(1)
best practicable technology 16.1
biological monitoring 3.23
Board 2.7, 3.43
boiler 6.1
boom‑type elevating work platform 6.1
booster 8.1
bridge crane 6.1
building maintenance equipment 6.1
building maintenance unit 6.1
bulk AN‑based explosive 8.1
bulk depot 9.1
butt 8.1
cable 5.1
certificate 1.3, 15.1
charge 8.1
chest x‑ray 3.23
Class I winding engine driver’s certificate 1.3
Class II winding engine driver’s certificate 1.3
classified plant 6.1
Code of Signals 1.3
collective effective dose 16.1
commencement day 1.3
commissioning 6.1
committed effective dose 16.1
confidential information 3.38(1)
construction work 4.18
container 7.20
contaminant asbestos 9.1
contamination level 16.1
controlled area 16.1
controller 15.1
crane 6.1
danger tag 6.1
dangerous goods 1.3
dB(A) 7.1
dB(lin) 7.1
demolition blasting 8.56(1)
Department of Occupational Safety and Health 1.3
deputy’s certificate 1.3
designated employee 16.1
designer 6.1
detonator 8.1
diesel engine 10.47(1)
diesel unit 10.47(1)
district inspector 1.3
dose 16.1
dose constraint 16.1
dose limit 16.1
dredge 14.1
dust plan 9.1
earth moving machinery 4.15(1)
effective dose 16.1
election Sch. 1 cl. 1
electrical inspector 5.1
electrical installation 6.1
electrical log book 5.1
electrical plant 6.1
electrical supervisor 5.1
electrical work 5.1
elevating work platform 6.1
emergency 11.13(3)
emergency exit 4.23
employee 2.4A(1)
enclosed system 7.20
equivalent dose 16.1
erector 6.1
exemption 1.3
exhaust treatment device 10.47(1)
existing mine 1.3
exposure 16.1
exposure standard 9.1
Exposure Standards for Atmospheric Contaminants in the Occupational Environment 9.1
extra‑low voltage 5.1
factor of safety 1.3
fault 6.1
FFFP 10.47(1)
filter self rescuer 4.23
fired heater 6.1
first class mine manager’s certificate 1.3
flame safety lamp plan 10.2
FOPS 10.46(1)
function 2.4(1)
gantry crane 6.1
gas cylinder 6.1
guard 6.1
Guidance Note on the Membrane Filter Method for Estimating Airborne Asbestos Fibres 9.1
hazardous area 5.1
hazardous substance 1.3
Health Department 1.3
health surveillance record 3.23
high risk work 6.37(6)
high risk work licence 6.37(6)
high voltage 5.1
high voltage operators 5.18(1)
hoist 6.1
hot material 8.54(1)
importer 6.1
in‑cab signalling 15.1
industrial lift truck 6.1
industrial robot 6.1
inhalable dust 9.1
initiating system 8.1
installer 6.1
interlocked 6.1
introductory course 2.6(1)
ionising radiation material 16.1
irradiating apparatus 16.1
label 7.20
laser 6.1
laser product 6.1
licensed surveyor 1.3
lift 6.1
locomotive 15.1
low voltage 5.1
lung function test 3.23
magazine 1.3
main line 15.1
manager 3.16A(1)(a)
manufacturer 6.1
mast climbing work platform 6.1
material safety data sheet 7.20
medical practitioner 1.3
member of the public 16.1
Mines occupational physician 3.23
mining law 2.21(1), 2.23(1), 2.24(1)
mobile apparatus 5.1
mobile crane 6.1
moveable apparatus 5.1
MSDS 7.20
National Code of Practice for the Preparation of Material Safety Data Sheets 7.20
National Model Regulations for the Control of Workplace Hazardous Substances 1.3
new employee 3.23
night 1.3
NOHSC 1.3
noise exposure 7.1
noise level 7.1
noise officer 7.10(2)
noise report 7.1
nominate Sch. 1 cl. 1
non‑designated employee 16.1
notice 2.4A(1)
notice of election Sch. 1 cl. 1
notice of registration 10.47(1)
notification 3.10
occupational disease 3.23
opacity measurement 10.47(1)
opacity meter 10.47(1)
operating rules 15.1
operator protective devices 6.1
order 15.1
out‑of‑service tag 6.1
package depot 9.1
peak 9.1
peak noise level 7.1
periodic health assessment 3.23
portable apparatus 5.1
powerline corridor 5.28(2)
ppm 1.3
prefabricated scaffolding 6.1
presence sensing safeguarding system 6.1
pressure equipment 6.1
pressure piping 6.1
pressure vessel 6.1
primer 8.1
quarry manager 3.16A(1)(c)
quarry manager’s certificate 1.3
radiation management plan 16.1
radiation safety officer 16.1
radioactive waste 16.1
Radiological Council 1.3
rail haulage plan 10.36
railway vehicle 15.1
reeling cable 5.1
register 7.20
register number 10.47(1)
registration number 10.47(1)
relevant procedure 8.53
repair 6.1
repealed regulations 1.3
respirable dust 9.1
respiratory questionnaire 3.23
responsible person 1.3
restricted quarry manager’s certificate 1.3
restricted release zone 16.1
returning officer Sch. 1 cl. 1
scaffold 6.1
scaffolding equipment 6.1
scrutineer Sch. 1 cl. 1
sealed ionising radiation source 16.1
self contained self rescuer 4.23
senior inspector 1.3
short term exposure limit 9.1
socket 8.1

specified 1.3
specified occupational exposure work 3.23
specified period 16.20(2)
STEL 9.1
supervised area 16.1
surface mining operation 1.3
the new shift 10.30(b)
to charge 8.1
tower crane 6.1
trackless unit 10.36
trailing cable 5.1
train 15.1
transitional course 2.6(1)
TWA concentration 9.1
underground manager 3.16A(1)(b)
underground supervisor’s certificate 1.3
use 9.32A(12)
vehicle hoist 6.1
ventilation log book 9.1
ventilation officer 9.1
vertical or sub‑vertical openings 10.35(2)
waste management system 16.1
winding engine log book 11.1
winding rope log book 11.1
work box 6.1
working day 3.17
working shift 3.17




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