Queensland Consolidated Acts

COAL MINING SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 1999 - SECT 306

306 Requirement for joint interaction management plan relating to overlapping authority to prospect, petroleum lease, or water monitoring authority, under 1923 Act

(1) This section applies in relation to coal mining operations carried out in an overlapping area if an authority relating to the overlapping area is an authority to prospect, petroleum lease, or water monitoring authority, under the Petroleum Act 1923 .

(2) The overlapping safety plan applying in relation to the coal mining operations is taken to be a joint interaction management plan for the purposes of section 64E(1)(a).

(3) Subsection (2) applies until a joint interaction management plan is made under section 64E for the coal mining operations.

(4) The site senior executive for the coal mine responsible for making a joint interaction management plan under section 64E must—

(a) make reasonable attempts to consult with the operator of each authorised activities operating plant, as mentioned in section 64E(1)(b)(i), within 2 months after the commencement; and

(b) if the site senior executive seeks to rely on section 64E(2)—give the operator of each authorised activities operating plant a copy of the proposed plan, as mentioned in that subsection, within 2 months after the commencement.

(5) In this section—

"overlapping safety plan" , applying in relation to coal mining operations, means the part of the safety and health management system applying in relation to the coal mining operations that deals with hazards and risks relating to carrying out activities in an overlapping area.