Queensland Consolidated Acts

COAL MINING SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 1999 - SECT 258

258 Court may order suspension or cancellation of certificate or notice

(1) This section applies if a person convicted of an offence against this Act is the holder of a certificate of competency or site senior executive notice.

(2) A Magistrates Court, on application by the complainant during the proceedings for the offence, may suspend or cancel the certificate of competency or site senior executive notice of the person convicted.

(3) A person dissatisfied with the court’s decision to suspend or cancel the person’s certificate of competency or site senior executive notice who wants to appeal against the decision, must appeal to the District Court.

(4) A Magistrates Court must give notice of a decision to suspend or cancel a person’s certificate of competency or site senior executive notice to—

(a) the following persons, to the extent the persons are known to the court—

(i) for a decision relating to a certificate of competency—the site senior executive for each coal mine at which the person works;

(ii) for a decision relating to a site senior executive notice—the coal mine operator for each coal mine at which the person works; and

(b) the board of examiners.