Coal Mining Safety and Health Regulation 2017 (Qld)

Coal Mining Safety and Health Regulation 2017

Chapter 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Coal Mining Safety and Health Regulation 2017.

2 Commencement This regulation commences on 1 September 2017.

3 Definitions The dictionary in schedule 9 defines particular words used in this regulation.

Chapter 2 All coal mines

Part 1 Preliminary

4 Application of chapter Unless otherwise stated, this chapter applies to surface mines and underground mines. Note— See also chapter 3 which is about surface mines and chapter 4 which is about underground mines.

5 Ways of achieving an acceptable level of risk (1) This chapter, other than sections 47(2), 49B(2) and 52(1), prescribes ways of achieving an acceptable level of risk at a coal mine in the circumstances mentioned in this chapter. (2) However, this chapter does not deal with all circumstances that expose someone to risk at a coal mine. (3) A person may discharge the person's safety and health obligation in the circumstances mentioned in this chapter only by following the ways prescribed. Note— See section 34 of the Act for the penalty for failing to discharge the obligation.

Part 2 Safety and health management system

Division 1 General

6 Basic elements A coal mine's safety and health management system must provide for the following basic elements— (a) risk identification and assessment; (b) hazard analysis; (c) hazard management and control; (d) reporting and recording relevant safety and health information and data.

6A Potential hazard guide—coal seam gas or petroleum (1) The potential hazard guide in schedule 1A is a list of potential hazards that may be created by coal mining operations in relation to exploring for or producing coal seam gas or petroleum. (2) The guide is intended to help the site senior executive for a coal mine identify the matters mentioned in subsection (3) for preparing the coal mine's safety and health management system, including a joint interaction management plan mentioned in division 4. (3) For subsection (2), the matters are the activities, and the impact of the activities, that— (a) are carried out or proposed to be carried out as part of coal mining operations at the coal mine; and (b) may affect safe production of coal seam gas or petroleum under an adjacent petroleum lease or overlapping petroleum lease.