Queensland Consolidated Acts

COAL MINING SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 1999 - SECT 9

9 Meaning of coal mine

(1) A
"coal mine" is any of the following places—

(a) a place where on-site activities are carried on, continuously or from time to time, within the boundaries of land the subject of a mining tenure;

(b) a place where on-site activities are carried on, continuously or from time to time, on land adjoining or adjacent to the boundaries of land the subject of a mining tenure and within which is a place mentioned in paragraph (a) ;

(c) a place where on-site activities are carried on, continuously or from time to time, unlawfully because land at the place is not the subject of a mining tenure;

(d) a place that was a coal mine while works are done to secure it after its abandonment;

(e) a place where tourism, education or research related to coal mining happens that is declared under a regulation to be a coal mine;

(f) a place that was a coal mine, or part of a coal mine, while—

(i) on-site activities are carried on, continuously or from time to time; and

(ii) an authorisation to enter land under the Mineral Resources Act 1989 , section 344D is in force for the place.

(2) A
"coal mine" includes buildings for administration, accommodation and associated facilities within the boundaries of land the subject of the mining tenure for the mine or on land adjoining or adjacent to the boundaries of the land the subject of the mining tenure.

(3) Despite subsection (1) (d) , a place that was a coal mine is not a
"coal mine" after its abandonment merely because work is being done at the place by or for the State—

(a) to ensure public safety; or

(b) to rehabilitate it; or

(c) to secure it.