Mineral and Energy Resources and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2020 (Qld)

An Act to amend the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999, the Energy and Water Ombudsman Act 2006, the Explosives Act 1999, the Geothermal Energy Act 2010, the Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2009, the Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Act 2014, the Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Regulation 2016, the Mineral and Energy Resources (Financial Provisioning) Act 2018, the Mineral Resources Act 1989, the Mineral Resources Regulation 2013, the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999, the National Energy Retail Law (Queensland) Act 2014, the New South Wales-Queensland Border Rivers Act 1946, the Petroleum Act 1923, the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004, the South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009, the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 and the legislation mentioned in schedule 1 for particular purposes The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Mineral and Energy Resources and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2020.

2 Commencement This Act, other than the following provisions, commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation— (a) part 2, divisions 1 and 2; (b) parts 3 and 13; (c) part 4, heading and sections 29 and 33; (d) part 14; (e) part 17, heading and sections 209 and 210; (f) part 18.

Part 2 Amendment of Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999

Division 1 Preliminary

3 Act amended This part amends the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999. Note— See also the amendments in schedule 1.

Division 2 Amendments relating to statutory office holders

4 Amendment of s 54 (Appointment of site senior executive) (1) Section 54— insert— (4A) A coal mine operator for a coal mine or for a separate part of a surface mine must not appoint a person to be site senior executive for the coal mine or the separate part of the surface mine unless the person is an employee of the coal mine operator. Maximum penalty—500 penalty units. (2) Section 54(4A) and (5)— renumber as section 54(5) and (6).