Victorian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 427

The operator of a prescribed mine into which a shaft has been sunk or a decline or adit has been driven must, so far as is reasonably practicable—

        (a)     provide for a means of exiting the mine workings in addition to the hoisting shaft or the exit normally used; and

        (b)     ensure that the additional exit is—

              (i)     maintained so that it remains a functional exit; and

              (ii)     marked or signposted so that it can be readily located in the event of an incident.

Note

Act compliance—sections 21, 23 and 26 (see regulation 7).