Mines Rescue Act 1994 Mines Rescue (Transitional) Regulation 1995 (1995-281) [GG No 83 of 7.7.1995] (NSW)

1995—No. 281

MINES RESCUE ACT 1994—REGULATION

(Mines Rescue (Transitional) Regulation 1995)

NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 83 of 7 Jury 1995]

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of the Mines Rescue Act 1994, and as certified in accordance with section 31 (2) of that Act, has been pleased to make the Regulation set forth hereunder.

R. D. MARTIN M.P.,

Minister for Mineral Resources.

Citation

1. This Regulation may be cited as the Mines Rescue (Transitional) Regulation 1995.

Definition

2. In this Regulation:

“the Act” means the Mines Rescue Act 1994.

Purpose of this Regulation

3. The purpose of this Regulation is (as a consequence of the enactment of the Act) to facilitate the changeover, from a calendar year to a financial year basis, of the contributions payable under the Act to the Mines Rescue Board for payment into the Mines Rescue Fund.

Transitional arrangement—contributions to the Mines Rescue Fund for 6–month period ending 30 June 1995

4. (1) The contribution payable to the Mines Rescue Board under section 31 of the Act by the owner of a coal mine specified in Column 1 of the following Table in respect of the relevant period is the amount specified in Column 2 of that Table. The relevant period is that part of the 1994/1995 financial year of the Board consisting of the period of 6 months beginning 1 January 1995 and ending 30 June 1995.

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(2) The provisions of section 31 (2)–(6) of the Act apply to the contributions payable in respect of the relevant period (taking into account any necessary modification arising because the contributions are payable in respect of a 6–month period only).

TABLE

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MINES RESCUE FUND FOR 6–MONTH PERIOD

ENDING 30 JUNE 1995

Column 1 Column 2

$

Angus Place .............................................................................................. 57,900

Appin ....................................................................................................................	79,500
Avon ......................................................................................................................	18,300
Awaba State .................................................................................................................	18,300
Baal Bone ........................................................................................................................	61,500
Bayswater No 2 Open Cut ................................................................................	7,500
Berrima ..............................................................................................................	14,700
Bloomfield Open Cut ...................................................................................	7,500
Blue Mountains .............................................................................................	18,300
Brimstone .........................................................................................................	50,700
Camberwell Open Cut .............................................................................................	7,500
Canyon (Grose) .........................................................................................................	11,100
Catherine Hill Bay CPP .............................................................................................	14,700
Chain Valley .....................................................................................................................	39,900
Charbon ...........................................................................................................................	25,500
Clarence .....................................................................................................................	61,500
Cooranbong ...............................................................................................................	61,500
Cordeaux ..................................................................................................................	75,900
Cumnock No 1 .........................................................................................................	32,700
Cumnock Open Cut ...................................................................................................	7,500
Dartbrook ..........................................................................................................................	36,300
Drayton Open Cut ...........................................................................................................	7,500
Ellalong ...............................................................................................................	72,300
Elouera .......................................................................................................................	68,700
Great Greta ................................................................................................................................	14,700
Gretley ........................................................................................................................	39,900
Gunnedah ....................................................................................................................	29,100
Gunnedah Open Cut (Melville) ...................................................................................	7,500
Howick Open Cut ..................................................................................................	7,500
Hunter Valley Open Cut ...................................................................................................	7,500
Invincible ..............................................................................................................	18,300
Ivanhoe .......................................................................................................................	18,300
Kandos No 3 ...............................................................................................................	11,100
Lemington Open Cut .............................................................................................	7,500
Liddell .........................................................................................................................	21,900

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Liddell Open Cut ................................................................................................	7,500
Metropolitan .......................................................................................................	38,300
Mount Owen ......................................................................................................	7,500
Mount Thorley Open Cut ...................................................................................	7,500
Munmorah State ................................................................................................	50,700
Muswellbrook....................................................................................................	18,300
Muswellbrook Open Cut ...................................................................................	7,500
Myuna ................................................................................................................	57,900
Newstan .............................................................................................................	65,100
Newvale No. 2 ...................................................................................................	29,100
Oakdale ...............................................................................................................	61,500
Preston Extended .................................................................................................	14,700
Ravensworth Open Cut ......................................................................................	7,500
Rixs Creek Open Cut ..........................................................................................	7,500
Saxonvale Open Cut ..........................................................................................	7,500
South Bulga ......................................................................................................	36,300
South Bulli ........................................................................................................	65,100
Springvale ........................................................................................................	43,500
Tahmoor ............................................................................................................	83,100
Teralba ..............................................................................................................	75,900
Tower ................................................................................................................	75,900
Ulan ...................................................................................................................	54,300
Ulan Open Cut ..................................................................................................	7,500
United ...............................................................................................................	21,900
Vickery Open Cut ............................................................................................	7,500
Wallarah ...........................................................................................................	25,500
Wambo .............................................................................................................	47,100
Wambo Open Cut .............................................................................................	7,500
Warkworth Open Cut .......................................................................................	7,500
West Cliff ........................................................................................................	93,900
West Wallsend .................................................................................................	57,900
Westside Open Cut ...........................................................................................	7,500
Wyee State .......................................................................................................	61,500

NOTES

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1.       Citation

2.        Definition

3.        Purpose of this Regulation

4.        Transitional arrangement—contributions to the Mines Rescue Fund for 6- month period ending 30 June 1995

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

Under the repealed Mines Rescue Act 1925, the owners of coal mines were required to contribute certain amounts to the Mines Rescue Board for payment into the Central Mines Rescue Fund. These contributions were payable in respect of each calendar year (see Gazette No. 19 of 14 January 1994 at pp. 136 and 137 for the 1994 calendar year

contributions).

Under the Mines Rescue Act 1994, contributions towards the cost of meeting the expense incurred by the Board in exercising its principal functions are payable by owners of coal mines into the Mines Rescue Fund (which is the continuation of the old Fund). These contributions are payable in respect of each financial year of the Board (i.e. 1 July to 30 June). However, in order to facilitate the changeover from a calendar year to a financial year basis, it is necessary to prescribe the contributions payable in respect of the 6-month period between 1 January 1995 and 30 June 1995. The contributions for the 1995/1996 financial year and subsequent financial years will be

prescribed by further regulations under the Act.

This Regulation is made under the Mines Rescue Act 1994, including clause 2 (Savings and transitional provisions) of Schedule 3, and comprises matters of a

transitional nature.