Occupational Health and Safety Amendment (Administration in Relation to Mines and Coal Workplaces) Regulation 2007 (NSW)

2007 No 508

New South Wales

Occupational Health and Safety

Amendment (Administration in
Relation to Mines and Coal

Workplaces) Regulation 2007

under the

Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000

His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000.

IAN MACDONALD, M.L.C., Minister for Mineral Resources

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation
2001:

(a)	to provide that certain references in the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 to WorkCover, in connection with the application of a provision to a mine or coal workplace, are taken to be references to the Director-General of the Department of Primary Industries, and
(b)	to provide that references in section 107 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 to WorkCover, in connection with the application of a provision to a mine or coal workplace, are taken to be references to certain inspectors, or certain persons who are taken to have been appointed inspectors, in connection with mines and coal workplaces.

This Regulation is made under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000, including sections 133 (Application of Act to mines and coal workplaces—references to WorkCover) and 33 (the general regulation-making power), as amended by the Mine Health and Safety Act 2004.

Published in Gazette No 146 of 12 October 2007, page 7739	Page 1
2007 No 508	Occupational Health and Safety Amendment (Administration in Relation to
Clause 1	Mines and Coal Workplaces) Regulation 2007

Occupational Health and Safety Amendment
(Administration in Relation to Mines and Coal

Workplaces) Regulation 2007

under the

Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Occupational Health and Safety Amendment (Administration in Relation to Mines and Coal Workplaces) Regulation 2007.

2 Amendment of Occupational Health and Safety Regulation 2001

The Occupational Health and Safety Regulation 2001 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

Occupational Health and Safety Amendment (Administration in Relation to	2007 No 508
Mines and Coal Workplaces) Regulation 2007
Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendments

(Clause 2)

[1]      Clause 358 Application of Act to mines and coal workplaces: references to WorkCover

Omit “Minister for Primary Industries” from clause 358 (3).
Insert instead “Director-General of the Department of Primary Industries”.

[2]      Clause 358 (4)

Omit “section 47A of the Act”.

Insert instead “section 47A (Appointment of inspectors in connection with mines) of the Act or a person taken to have been appointed as an inspector by virtue of section 47B (Appointment of inspectors in connection with coal workplaces) of the Act”.

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