Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINING AND QUARRYING SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 1999 - SECT 9

9 Meaning of mine

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

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

(b) a place where operations 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 operations 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 mine while works are done to secure it after its abandonment;

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

(f) a quarry;

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

(i) operations 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
"mine" includes buildings for administration, accommodation and associated facilities at a place mentioned in subsection (1) or adjoining or adjacent to the place.

(3) Despite subsection (1) (d) , a place that was a mine is not a
"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.

(4) A
"mine" does not include a mine or part of a mine declared under a regulation to be a mine or part of a mine to which this Act does not apply.

Note—

If a declaration is made, the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 applies to the place because schedule 1 , part 2 , division 1 , section 2 (1) (b) of that Act would not apply.