Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Regulations 2012 (WA)
11 January 2013 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 49 MINERALS AND PETROLEUM
MP301*
Mines Safety and Inspection Act 1994
Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment
Regulations 2012
Made by the Lieutenant-Governor and deputy of the Governor in
Executive Council.1. Citation
These regulations are the Mines Safety and Inspection
Amendment Regulations 2012.2. Commencement
These regulations come into operation as follows —
(a) regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b) the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day. 3. Regulations amended
These regulations amend the Mines Safety and Inspection
Regulations 1995.4. Regulation 1.3 amended
(1) In regulation 1.3 delete the definitions of: AS
AS/NZS(2) In regulation 1.3 insert in alphabetical order: AS followed by a designation refers to the Australian
Standard having that designation that is published by
Standards Australia and includes any amendment to thedocument made before the day on which the Mines
Safety and Inspection Amendment Regulations 2012
regulation 4 commences;
AS/NZS followed by a designation refers to the
Australian/New Zealand Standard having that
designation that is published by Standards Australia
and the Standards Council of New Zealand under an
Active Cooperation Agreement between those 2 bodies
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and includes any amendment to the document made commences;
before the day on which the Mines Safety and
5. Regulation 3.23 amended
In regulation 3.23 delete the definitions of:
additional health assessment
assessment form
audiometric test
chest x-ray
lung function test
new employee
periodic health assessment
respiratory questionnaire6. Regulations 3.25 and 3.26 deleted
Delete regulation 3.25 and 3.26.
7. Regulation 3.27 amended
(1) In regulation 3.27(1) delete “additional”. (2) In regulation 3.27(2) delete “an additional” and insert: a (3) In regulation 3.27(4) delete “additional”.
Note: The heading to amended regulation 3.27 is to read: Health assessment
8. Regulation 4.10 amended
In regulation 4.10(2) delete “AS 1319, or AS 1614, as
applicable.” and insert:
AS 1319.
9. Regulation 4.16 amended
In regulation 4.16(1)(a) and (b) delete “AS 2664 or”.
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Delete regulation 4.22 and insert:
4.22. Compliance with Australian or
Australian/New Zealand StandardsThe principal employer at, and the manager of, a mine
must ensure that construction work at the mine is
carried out in accordance with the applicable
Australian or Australian/New Zealand Standards set
out in the Table.Penalty: See regulation 17.1
Table
Item AS or AS/NZS Number Title 1 AS/NZS 1576 Scaffolding 2 AS/NZS 1562.3 Design and installation of sheet roof and wall cladding — Plastic 3 AS 1674 Safety in welding and allied processes 4 AS/NZS 1801 Occupational protective helmets 5 AS/NZS 1873 Powder-actuated (PA) hand held fastening tools 6 AS/NZS 1891 Industrial fall-arrest systems and devices 7 AS/NZS 1892 Portable ladders 8 AS 2601 The demolition of structures 9 AS 2865 Confined spaces 10 AS/NZS 3012 Electrical installations — Construction and demolition sites 11. Regulation 5.28 amended
(1) In regulation 5.28(1)(b) delete “code of practice C(b)1-1991 published by the Electricity Supply Association of Australia;” and insert: AS/NZS 7000:2010; and
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(2) In regulation 5.28(1) after paragraph (a) insert: and 12. Regulation 10.45 amended
(1) Delete regulation 10.45(d) and insert:
(d)
except in an underground coal mine that has remote control equipment that conforms with AS/NZS 2381.1, AS/NZS 4871.1, AS/NZS 4871.4 and AS/NZS 4871.5, no remote control equipment is used unless it conforms with AS/NZS 4240; and
(2) In regulation 10.45 after each of paragraphs (a), (b) and (c)
insert:and 13. Other provisions amended
Amend the provisions listed in the Table as set out in the Table.
Table
Provision Delete Insert
r. 4.2 AS/NZS 2865:2001 AS 2865:2009 r. 5.1 def. of cable AS 3000 AS/NZS 3000 and hazardous area, (each occurrence) 5.3, 5.31(1)(a), 6.16(2) r. 5.21(a) AS 1802 AS/NZS 1802 AS 2802 AS/NZS 2802 r. 5.21(d) AS 1747 AS/NZS 1747 r. 5.24(2)(c)(i) AS 3190 AS/NZS 3190 r. 5.32(1)(c) AS 1299 AS/NZS 1299 r. 6.1 def. of AS 1200 AS/NZS 1200 pressure equipment Part 1 of AS 3920 AS 4343: Part 2 r. 6.26(1)(b) AS 1200 AS/NZS 1200 AS 3788 AS/NZS 3788 11 January 2013 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 53
Provision Delete Insert
r. 6.31(a) AS 2211 AS/NZS 2211.1 r. 6.33(a) AS 1787 AS 1271 r. 6.34(5)(a) AS 3920: Part 1 AS 4343: Part 2 r. 7.1 def. of noise AS 1269 AS/NZS 1269 exposure r. 8.7(4)(c) AS 2236 AS/NZS 61241.1.1 r. 9.9(3)(a), 16.17 AS 1716 AS/NZS 1716 r. 9.12(1)(b), 16.17 AS 1715 AS/NZS 1715 r. 9.25(2) AS 3666 AS/NZS 3666 r. 10.49 AS 3584 AS/NZS 3584 r. 11.3(1)(c)(ii), AS 3785.4 AS/NZS 3785.4 11.53 Sch. 3 it. 2 AS 3920: Part 1 AS 4343: Part 2 By Command of the Lieutenant-Governor and deputy of the Governor,
N. HAGLEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.
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