Queensland Consolidated Regulations

COAL MINING SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATION 2017 - REG 253

253 Withdrawal of persons in case of danger caused by failure or non-operation of gas monitoring system

For section 273 of the Act , a part of an underground mine is taken to be dangerous if—

(a) the part is affected by the failure or non-operation of the gas monitoring system; and

(b) the mine does not have—

(i) a standard operating procedure for using portable gas detectors; or

(ii) sufficient portable gas detectors to continually monitor the part to the extent necessary to achieve an acceptable level of risk.