Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) The manager of a
mine must ensure that, if any planned or existing excavation, waste dump, ore
stockpile, water or tailings impoundment or other activity or construction may
present a hazard to persons on any adjacent mine or tenement or on any land
adjacent to the boundary of the mine —
(a) the
hazards are identified and the associated risks are assessed; and
(b)
consideration is given to what preventative or remedial measures can be taken
to remove the hazard or guard against those risks.
Penalty: See regulation 17.1.
(2) The manager of a
mine must ensure that excavations in a quarry are not mined so close to the
boundaries of a tenement or other land holding, which is owned by a person
other than the principal employer of the mine, that adequate room is not left
to install protection against inadvertent access by persons after the quarry
is abandoned.
Penalty: See regulation 17.1.