Queensland Consolidated Acts

COAL MINING SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 1999 - SECT 23

23 Meaning of physical overlapping of coal mining operations

(1) For section 21 (4) ,
"physical overlapping of coal mining operations" for a surface mine includes the common use with persons involved in coal mining operations in another part of the mine of—

(a) haul roads; and

(b) stockpiles, if vehicles associated with coal mining operations in another part of the mine travel onto the stockpiles; and

(c) mine workshops, stores and stores systems, hard stands and amenities.

(2) However, the following are not
"physical overlapping of coal mining operations" for a surface mine—

(a) vehicles from 1 part of the mine dumping into a receival hopper in another part of the mine if the vehicles do not travel into the other part of the mine;

(b) a conveyor system in 1 part of the mine discharging into a bin or onto a stockpile controlled by persons in another part of the mine;

(c) a workshop in 1 part of the mine servicing vehicles from another part of the mine;

(d) a laboratory in 1 part of the mine providing a service to another part of the mine.