Queensland Consolidated Acts

COAL MINING SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 1999 - SECT 339

339 Dealing with charges of offences against Act in summary way before Magistrates Court

(1) New section 255 applies in relation to a proceeding for an offence against this Act started after the commencement, whether the offence was alleged to have been committed before or after the commencement.

(2) Without limiting the Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 20, a proceeding for an offence started under former section 255 before an industrial magistrate before the commencement may be continued before the industrial magistrate after the commencement despite the amendment of former section 255 by the Resources Safety and Health Legislation Amendment Act 2024 .

(3) Also, a person dissatisfied with a decision of an industrial magistrate in a proceeding mentioned in subsection (2) may appeal to the Industrial Court under former section 255 despite the amendment of former section 255 by the Resources Safety and Health Legislation Amendment Act 2024 .