Mines Regulation Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1992 (WA)

30 October 19921	GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA	5371
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MINES REGULATION ACT 1946

MINES REGULATION AMENDMENT REGULATIONS No. 21992

Made by the Deputy of the Lieutenant-Governor and Administrator in Execu tive Council.

Citation

1.      These regulations may be cited as the Mines Regulation Amendment

Regulations No. 2 1992.

Part 22 amended

2. Part 22 of the Mines Regulation Act Regulations 1976* is amended by

inserting after regulation 22.1 the following regulations -

Notiflable products

22.2 1 In this regulation, "notiflable product" means a
product that contains by weight 0.05% or more of either uranium
or thorium or both uranium and thorium.

2        A person shall not without the written approval of the

State Mining Engineer, sell or otherwise dispose of a notifiable product for industrial use in the State except where the use is to occur at a mine, a processing site or a site associated with mining or processing.

Where a notifiable product is buried at a mine or processing site, the person in charge of the mine or site shall ensure that the location, including the depth, of the product is recorded on a plan that clearly defines the top and bottom

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contour of the product and the total area covered by the product.

A person who is requested by the State Mining Engineer

to supply the particulars contained in a plan referred to in
subregulation 3 shall comply with the request.

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processing site shall submit with the notification a plan 5 A person notifying an intention to relinquish a mine or

showing -

a	the specific locations in which notifiable products have been buried; and
b	the current radiation levels.

6         A person shall not, without the written approval of the

State Mining Engineer, remove, for non-industrial purposes, mined minerals originating from a site that is within the scope of the Code adopted under regulation 22.1 2.

By His Excellency’s Command, D. G. BLIGHT, Clerk of the Council.

Report of results of radiation
dose assessment

22.3 Where an employee is individually assessed for radiation dose under the Code adopted under regulation 22.1 1, the manager shall notify him of the results of the assessment as soon as practicable after it has been completed.

Storage of monazite
and xenotime

22.4 The person in charge of a mine or processing site shall ensure that monazite or xenotime is not stored at the mine or site unless the monazite or xenotime is stored in a controlled area that is specifically designated for that purpose and approved by

the State Mining Engineer. ".

{* Reprinted in the Gazette on 8 May 1991 at pp.2157-2354.

For amendments to 7 September 1992 see 1991 Index to
Legislation of Western Australia, pp.424-5.]