South Australian Current Regulations South Australian Current Regulations621—Duty to establish and implement safety management system
(1) The mine operator
of a mine must establish a safety management system for the mine, in
accordance with this Subdivision.
Maximum penalty:
(a) in
the case of an individual—$6 000;
(b) in
the case of a body corporate—$30 000.
(2) The mine operator
must implement the safety management system for the mine, so far as is
reasonably practicable.
Maximum penalty:
(a) in
the case of an individual—$6 000;
(b) in
the case of a body corporate—$30 000.
(3) The safety
management system must form part of any overall management system that is in
place at the mine.
(4) The safety
management system must be designed to be used by the mine operator as the
primary means of ensuring, so far as is reasonably practicable—
(a) the
health and safety of workers at the mine; and
(b) that
the health and safety of other persons is not put at risk from the mine or
work carried out as part of mining operations.
(5) Subject to
subregulation (6), the safety management system must provide a
comprehensive and integrated system for the management of all aspects of risks
to health and safety in relation to the operation of the mine.
(6) The safety
management system must comply with subregulation (5) to the extent
appropriate to the mine having regard to—
(a) the
nature, complexity and location of the mining operations; and
(b) the
risks associated with those operations.
(7) The safety
management system must be documented.
(8) The mine operator
of a mine that is also a determined major hazard facility is not required to
establish a safety management system under regulation 558 for the operation of
the major hazard facility if—
(a) the
mine operator has established a safety management system for the facility for
the purposes of this regulation; and
(b) the
system deals with all matters required to be addressed by a safety management
system under regulation 558 and includes all matters specified in Schedule 17;
and
(c) the
system is readily accessible to persons who use it.