Queensland Consolidated Acts

COAL MINING SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 1999 - SECT 94

94 Further election if site safety and health representative not available

(1) If a site safety and health representative is not available when coal mining operations at a coal mine, or part of a coal mine, are considered unsafe by coal mine workers who are affected by the operations, the affected coal mine workers may elect 2 of their number to inspect the operations.

(2) The method of election under subsection (1) must—

(a) be decided by the affected coal mine workers; and

(b) be as straightforward as practicable, having regard to the need to deal with the coal mining operations that are considered unsafe in a way that is appropriate in the circumstances.

(3) A coal mine worker elected under subsection (1) is taken to be a site safety and health representative for the period—

(a) a site safety and health representative is not available; and

(b) the coal mining operations are considered unsafe by the affected coal mine workers.