Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINING AND QUARRYING SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 1999 - SECT 285

285 Continuation of exemptions for particular opal or gem mines for 3-year transitional period

(1) This section applies to an opal or gem mine if—

(a) more than 4, but not more than 10, workers are employed at the mine; and

(b) immediately before the commencement, the mine was not required to have a safety and health management system.

(2) During the period starting on the commencement and ending 3 years after the commencement—

(a) pre-amended sections 38(3) and 39(2) and (3) continue to apply in relation to the mine; and

(b) amended section 40(1)(b), (d) and (e)(i) does not apply to a contractor at the mine if the mine is not required to have a safety and health management system; and

(c) amended section 44(1)(b), (f)(ii) and (iii) and (g)(i) does not apply to a service provider at the mine if the mine is not required to have a safety and health management system.

(3) For subsection (2)(a), pre-amended section 39(2) and (3) applies as if the reference to section 39(1)(c) were a reference to section 39(1)(c) to (f) and (h)(i).

(4) In this section—

"pre-amended" , in relation to a provision of this Act, means the provision as in force immediately before the commencement.