Queensland Consolidated Regulations

HEALTH (DRUGS AND POISONS) REGULATION 1996 - REG 168

168 Mine sites etc.

(1) This section applies to a person in charge on the site of any of the following—

(a) a mine;

(b) a petroleum well;

(c) a petroleum field production facility;

(d) a petroleum pipeline transport facility.

(2) A person to whom this section applies is authorised to—

(a) obtain and possess a substance containing a mixture of equal volumes of nitrous oxide and oxygen (a
"mixture" ); or

(b) give a mixture to anyone who may possess and use it under subsection (3) .

(3) A person is authorised to possess the mixture and use it to maintain analgesia in someone who needs treatment at a place mentioned in subsection (1) if the person—

(a) has a current first aid certificate granted by an entity authorised under the Ambulance Service Act 1991 to teach first aid; and

(b) has received satisfactory training in the use of the mixture; and

(c) has the role of performing necessary first aid duties at a place mentioned in subsection (1) .