Mining Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2022 (WA)

5894   GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 16 December 2022

MINERALS AND PETROLEUM

MP301

Mining Act 1978

Mining Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2022

SL 2022/210

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.   Citation

These regulations are the Mining Amendment Regulations

(No. 2) 2022.

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.

the person for the time being holding or acting in the
office of General Manager Mine Closure and
Environmental Services, Resource and Environmental
Compliance Division in the Department;

3. Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Mining Regulations 1981.

4. Regulation 2 amended

(1)	In regulation 2 delete the definition of Director Operations,
Resource and Environmental Compliance Division.
(2)	In regulation 2 insert in alphabetical order:

GM Mine Closure and Environmental Services means

16 December 2022 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5895

GM Mining Environmental Compliance means the

person for the time being holding or acting in the office
of General Manager Mining Environmental
Compliance, Resource and Environmental Compliance

Division in the Department;

5. Regulation 32A amended
In regulation 32A(3):

(a) delete "are -" and insert:

are the following

(b)	delete paragraph (a);
(c)	in paragraph (b) delete "Division." and insert:

Division;

(d)

after paragraph (b) insert:

(c)	GM Mine Closure and Environmental Services;
(d)	GM Mining Environmental Compliance.

Note: The heading to amended regulation 32A is to read:

Prescribed matters (Act s. 82A)

6.      Regulation 33A amended

In regulation 33A(1):

(a) delete "are -" and insert:

are the following

(b)

delete paragraph (a);

(c)

delete paragraphs (c) and (d) and insert:

(c)	GM Mine Closure and Environmental Services;
(d)	GM Mining Environmental Compliance.

Note: The heading to amended regulation 33A is to read:

Prescribed matters (Act s. 84AA)

N. HAGLEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.