Queensland Numbered Acts

MINES LEGISLATION (RESOURCES SAFETY) AMENDMENT ACT 2018 - SECT 47

47 Insertion of new pt 20, div 7

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Division 7 - Transitional provisions for Mines Legislation (Resources Safety) Amendment Act 2018

307 Definitions for division In this division—

"amended" , in relation to a provision of this Act, means the provision as amended or inserted by the Mines Legislation (Resources Safety) Amendment Act 2018 .

"transitional period" means the period starting on the commencement of sections 308 and 309 and ending 3 years after the commencement of those sections.

308 Appointment of, and acting as, ventilation officers for underground mines during transitional period

(1) Amended section 61(3) or 61A(4) does not apply to the appointment of a ventilation officer, or acting ventilation officer, for an underground mine during the transitional period.

(2) Amended section 61A(2)(b) does not apply to an underground mine manager for an underground mine assuming the duties of the ventilation officer for the mine during the transitional period.

309 Ventilation officers holding office when transitional period ends

(1) This section applies to a person who, when the transitional period ends, is appointed as the ventilation officer, or acting ventilation officer, for an underground mine.

(2) The person’s appointment ends immediately after the transitional period ends unless the person holds a ventilation officer’s certificate of competency.

(3) This section applies despite section 61.

310 Existing site senior executive notices

(1) This section applies to a notice issued by the board of examiners to a person relating to the person’s competency to perform the duties of a site senior executive for a coal mine, if the notice was in force immediately before the commencement.

(2) The notice is taken to be a site senior executive notice.