Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) The manager of a
mine must ensure that a person is appointed to be a ventilation officer for
the mine.
Penalty: See regulation 17.1.
(2) The manager of a
mine may for the purposes of subregulation (1) appoint different persons
to be ventilation officers for different parts of the mine.
(3) The manager of a
mine must advise the district inspector in writing of the appointment of each
ventilation officer.
Penalty: See regulation 17.1.
(4) The district
inspector may by written directive exempt any mine from the requirements of
this regulation if, in the district inspector’s opinion, the scale,
scope and nature of mining operations at the mine do not warrant the
appointment of a ventilation officer.