South Australian Current Regulations South Australian Current Regulations675V—Duty to notify regulator of certain incidents
(1) The mine operator
of a mine must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the regulator is
notified as soon as possible after becoming aware of an incident arising out
of the carrying out of mining operations at the mine.
Maximum penalty:
(a) in
the case of an individual—$6 000;
(b) in
the case of a body corporate—$30 000.
(2) The notification
must—
(a) be
in writing; and
Example—
The notice may be given by fax, email or other electronic means.
(b) be
in a form required by the regulator; and
(c) in
the case of an incident that results in an illness or injury, contain the
details specified in Schedule 23.
(3) In this
regulation—
"high potential incident" means an incident or event referred to in section
37(a) to (l) of the Act that would have been a dangerous incident under
section 37 if a person were in the vicinity at the time when the incident or
event occurred and in usual circumstances a person could have been in that
vicinity at that time;
"incident" means an incident (other than a notifiable incident) that—
(a)
results in illness or injury that requires medical treatment within the
meaning of item 13.2 of Schedule 24; or
(b) is a
high potential incident.
Note—
This regulation does not apply in relation to notifiable incidents about which
notification must be given under Part 3 of the Act.