Victorian Numbered Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2007 (SR NO 54 OF 2007) - REG 5.3.1

r. 5.3.1

For the purposes of this Part, a "mine" is—

        (a)     a workplace at which work is being done under a mining licence within the meaning of the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 ; or

        (b)     a workplace at which exploration, within the meaning of the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 , in the form of —

              (i)     underground work of any kind; or

              (ii)     drilling from the surface for coal-bed methane—

is being done under an exploration licence within the meaning of the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 ; or

        (c)     in relation to a tourist mine within the meaning of the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 , those parts of the mine that are underground and all infrastructure and plant associated with the underground workings; or

        (d)     the leased area within the meaning of the Mines (Aluminium Agreement) Act 1961 .