Queensland Consolidated Regulations

COAL MINING SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATION 2017 - REG 252

252 General back-up for gas management system

(1) An underground mine’s principal hazard management plan for gas management must provide for the use of portable gas detectors to manage risk in the event of a failure or the non-operation of the gas management system.

Example of non-operation of the gas management system—

a non-operation caused by the repair, testing or maintenance of the system

(2) The mine must have a standard operating procedure for using the portable gas detectors in the event of the failure or non-operation.

(3) If the system fails or becomes non-operational, the underground mine manager for the mine must ensure coal mining operations are not carried out in the part of the mine affected by the failure or non-operation unless the part is continually monitored, using portable gas detectors, to achieve an acceptable level of risk.