Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Act 2013 (NSW)

Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Act 2013 No 54

An Act to secure the health and safety of persons who work at mines and petroleum sites; and for other purposes.

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Act This Act is the Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Act 2013.

2 Commencement This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.

3 Objects of Act The objects of this Act are as follows— (a) to assist in securing the objects of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 at mines and petroleum sites, including the object of securing and promoting the health and safety of persons at work at mines, petroleum sites or related places, (b) to protect workers at mines and petroleum sites and other persons against harm to their health and safety through the elimination or minimisation of risks arising from work or from specific types of substances or plant, (c) to ensure that effective provisions for emergencies are developed and maintained at mines and petroleum sites, (d) to establish a scheme for ensuring that persons exercising certain functions at mines and petroleum sites are competent to do so, (e) to establish the Mine Safety Advisory Council, (f) to provide for worker safety and health representatives in coal mines, (g) to facilitate interstate regulatory co-operation, (h) to establish Boards of Inquiry, (i) to provide for enforcement powers that are in addition to those in the Work Health and Safety Act 2011.

4 Relationship with WHS Act (1) This Act is to be construed with and as if it formed part of the WHS Act, and the regulations under this Act are to be construed with and as if they formed part of the WHS Regulations. (2) Accordingly (and without limiting subsection (1)), the following principles apply, unless the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires— (a) words and expressions used in this Act or the regulations under this Act have the same meaning as in the WHS Act or the WHS Regulations, (b) a reference in the WHS Act or the WHS Regulations to the WHS Act (including by use of the expression "this Act" or "the Act") includes a reference to the Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Act 2013, (c) a reference in the WHS Regulations to those regulations (including by use of the expression "this Regulation") includes a reference to the regulations under the Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Act 2013, (d) the WHS Act applies to and in respect of regulations under this Act as if they were regulations under the WHS Act (which will require that a reference in the WHS Act to "the regulations" includes a reference to the regulations under the Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Act 2013).