Queensland Consolidated Acts

COAL MINING SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 1999 - SECT 68

68 Mine record

(1) A coal mine operator for a coal mine must keep a mine record that includes—

(a) all reports of, and findings and recommendations resulting from inspections, investigations and audits carried out at the mine under this Act; and

(b) all directives issued under this Act to the coal mine operator and the operator’s agents or representatives; and

(c) a record of all remedial actions taken as a result of directives issued under this Act; and

(d) a record of and reports about all serious accidents and high potential incidents that have happened at the mine; and

(e) all other reports or information that may be prescribed under a regulation for this section.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.

(2) For subsection (1) , a matter must be kept in the mine record for at least 7 years after the matter is included in the record.

(3) Subsection (2) applies whether the matter was included under this Act or the repealed Coal Mining Act 1925 .

(4) The coal mine operator must ensure the mine record is available for inspection by each of the following persons—

(a) coal mine workers at the coal mine;

(b) industry safety and health representatives;

(c) the site senior executive for the coal mine.

(5) Without limiting subsection (4) , if a person mentioned in subsection (4) (a) , (b) or (c) asks to inspect a matter kept in the mine record, the coal mine operator must ensure the matter is available for inspection as soon as practicable but not later than—

(a) if the matter was recorded in the mine record within the previous 6 months—5 days after the request is made; or

(b) otherwise—28 days after the request is made.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.

(6) If a person (the
"former operator" ) who is the coal mine operator for a mine is replaced by another person (the
"new operator" ) as the coal mine operator for the mine, the former operator must give the new operator the mine record for the mine as soon as practicable after being replaced.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.

(7) A person must not destroy, deface or alter the mine record so that it is no longer a correct and complete record.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—400 penalty units.