Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINING AND QUARRYING SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 1999 - SECT 125

125 Functions of inspectors and inspection officers

Inspectors and inspection officers have the following functions—

(a) to enforce this Act;

(b) to monitor safety and health performance at mines;

(c) to inspect and audit mines to assess whether risk is at an acceptable level;

(d) to help persons to achieve the purposes of this Act by providing advice and information on how the purposes are to be achieved;

(e) to check that safety and health management systems and procedures are in place to control risk to persons affected by operations;

(f) to provide the advice and help that may be required from time to time during emergencies at mines that may affect the safety or health of persons;

(g) if unsafe practices or conditions at mines are detected, to ensure timely corrective or remedial action is being taken and, if not, require it to be taken;

(h) to investigate serious accidents and high potential incidents at mines;

(i) to investigate matters at mines that affect the successful management of risk to persons;

(j) to investigate complaints about matters relating to safety or health resulting from operations.