Queensland Consolidated Acts

RAIL SAFETY NATIONAL LAW (QUEENSLAND) ACT 2017 - SECT 7

7 Relationship with mining safety legislation

(1) This section applies if—

(a) the Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) applies to a mining railway; and

(b) the mining safety legislation would, in the absence of this section, also apply to the mining railway.

(2) The mining safety legislation does not apply to the mining railway to the extent that the Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) applies.

(3) In this section—

"mining railway" means a railway that is in a mine other than a railway mentioned in the Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) , section 7 (1) (a) .

"mining safety legislation" means—

(a) the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 ; or

(b) the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999 .