Proclamation re commencement (2007-613) (NSW)

2007 No 613

New South Wales

Commencement Proclamation

under the

Mine Health and Safety Act 2004 No 74

MARIE BASHIR, Governor I, Professor Marie Bashir AC, CVO, Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 2 of the Mine Health and Safety Act 2004, do, by this my Proclamation:

(a)	appoint 21 December 2007 as the day on which Parts 1 and 12 of that Act, Division 8 of Part 13 of that Act and Schedule 5 to that Act, commence, and
(b)	appoint 1 September 2008 as the day on which the remaining uncommenced provisions of that Act (except section 93 and Schedule 1 [1] and [5]) commence.

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 19th day of December 2007.

By Her Excellency’s Command,

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

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Explanatory note

The object of this Proclamation is to commence most of the uncommenced provisions of the Mine Health and Safety Act 2004. Various provisions concerning definitions, regulations, savings and transitional provisions and other machinery matters commence on 21 December 2007. The remainder of the Act, except for a provision creating the offence of failing to report health and safety matters and certain provisions amending the Mining Act 1992, commences on 1 September 2008.

BY AUTHORITY

Published in Gazette No 185 of 21 December 2007, page 9815 Page 1