Queensland Numbered Acts

MINING AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2007 No. 46 - SECT 212

Section 673(3) to (5)--

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'(3) Otherwise, the operator is the person who has the role of being responsible for the management and safe operation of the plant.

'(4) For subsection (3), the operator does not include a person who in relation to the plant is subject to the control of another person who has the role of being responsible for the management and safe operation of the plant.

Examples for subsections (3) and (4)--

1 The operator of a drilling rig is the operations manager or another senior officer of the drilling company that is operating the drilling rig and not the person employed as the driller or rig manager.

2 The operator of a tanker delivery bulk LPG business is the manager of the delivery operation and not the person employed as the tanker driver.'.