The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office is progressively updating certain formatting styles in versions of NSW in force legislation published from 29 July 2019. For example, colons are being replaced by em-rules (em-dashes). Text of the legislation is not affected.
This version has been updated.
An Act to provide for the dissolution of the Joint Coal Board and the Mines Rescue Board; to provide for the exercise of the functions of those dissolved bodies by one or more companies registered under the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth and approved by the Minister; to repeal the Mines Rescue Act
1994 and amend the Coal Industry Act
1946; to make consequential amendments to other Acts; and for other purposes.
This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.
approved company means a company approved under section 9.
assets means any legal or equitable estate or interest (whether present or future and whether vested or contingent) in real or personal property of any description (including money), and includes securities, choses in action and documents.
Brigade means the Mines Rescue Brigade established by this Act.
coal includes oil shale and kerosene shale, but does not include peat.
Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth.
dissolution date means the date on which section 4 (1) of the Coal Industry Repeal Act
2001 of the Commonwealth commences.
emergency means an emergency due to an actual or imminent occurrence (such as fire, explosion, accident or flooding) that has resulted in the death of, or injury to, a person or is endangering or is threatening to endanger the life or physical well-being of a person.
employer in the coal
industry means any employer whose employees work in or about a coal mine.
exercise a function includes perform a duty.
former members of the JCB
staff means the members of staff of the Joint Coal Board immediately before the dissolution of that Board.
former 1994 Act means the Mines
Rescue Act 1994.
function includes a power, authority or duty.
inspector means an employee of an approved company appointed as an inspector as referred to in section 25.
Joint Coal Board means the body corporate constituted in pursuance of the Coal Industry Act
1946 and the Coal Industry Act
1946 of the Commonwealth.
liabilities means all liabilities, debts and obligations (whether present or future and whether vested or contingent).
MEU means the Mining and Energy Union registered under the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act
2009 of the Commonwealth or any body succeeding or replacing that body.
mine means any pit or other place where mining is carried on or which is being developed for mining to be carried on, and includes a quarry and a salt-pan (whether occurring naturally or created artificially) and also includes any place, located at or in the vicinity of the mine, where…