South Australian Repealed Regulations South Australian Repealed RegulationsThis legislation has been repealed.
In this Division—
"benching" of a wall means making substantial steps in the wall to add
strength to the wall;
"blaster's licence" means a licence authorising the conduct of
blasting operations in accordance with regulation 359;
"blasting operation" means an operation or that part of an operation
consisting of the use of explosives conducted in the course of opal
mining operations;
"blind or dead shaft" means a vertical shaft with no connections to the
surface by means of other shafts or tunnels;
"charge" means explosives that are used in a hole for a blasting operation;
"claim owner" means a person who has pegged an area for a precious stones
tenement under the Opal Mining Act 1995 ;
"explosive" means an explosive within the meaning of the Explosives
Act 1936 ;
"occupier" means a person, other than a claim owner, who is for the time being
in charge of opal mining operations at an opal mine;
"opal mine" means a place where an opal miner works prospecting or mining for
precious stones;
"opal miner" means a person who prospects or mines for precious stones;
"opal mining" or "opal mining operations" means operations carried out in the
course of prospecting or mining for precious stones;
"precious stones" means opal and other minerals declared to be precious stones
under the Opal Mining Act 1995 ;
"precious stones field" means land declared to be a precious stones field
under the Opal Mining Act 1995 ;
"site" means the site of an opal mine and includes the area in the vicinity of
an opal mine;
"winch" means a mechanical device used for lowering or hoisting persons into
and out of an opal mine.