Queensland Consolidated Acts

COAL MINING SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 1999 - SECT 224

224 Coal mine operator must contribute

(1) An accredited corporation may—

(a) require contributions from each coal mine operator who is a party to a mines rescue agreement with the corporation to allow the corporation to provide mines rescue services; and

(b) fix different contributions from different coal mine operators—

(i) who own the same class of mine; or

(ii) who own different classes of mine.

Examples of different classes of mine—

1 underground mines

2 surface mines

3 bord and pillar underground mines

4 longwall underground mines

5 high-wall mines

(2) Subsection (1) does not limit any other obligation a coal mine operator has to pay an amount to the corporation.

(3) A coal mine operator must pay all contributions the coal mine operator is required to pay under subsection (1) at the times fixed by the corporation.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.