Mines and Works Inspection Regulations 2013 (SA)

South Australia Mines and Works Inspection Regulations 2013 under the Mines and Works Inspection Act 1920

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title 3 Interpretation Part 2—Administration Division 2—Commencement and cessation of work 7 Approval to undertake certain activities 8 Notices Division 3—Plans and programs 9 Plans and programs Division 4—Inspections 10 Duty to facilitate inspections Division 5—Duty to provide equipment 11 Duty to provide equipment Part 3—Amenity of mine area and of the surrounding environment 12 General duties 13 Conservation of top soil 14 Protection from damage 15 Decommissioning notices 16 Decommissioning requirements 17 Rehabilitation Part 4—Miscellaneous 18 Exemption 19 Offences 20 General defence Schedule 2—Prescribed requirements for plans and programs Legislative history

Part 1—Preliminary 1—Short title These regulations may be cited as the Mines and Works Inspection Regulations 2013. 3—Interpretation (1) In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears— Act means the Mines and Works Inspection Act 1920; amenity of an area or place includes any quality or condition of the area or place that conduces to its biological, physical or cultural value; approved means approved by the Chief Inspector; authorised person means a person authorised under section 7 of the Act to inspect a mine; business day means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday; Chief Inspector means the Chief Inspector of Mines; competent person means a person who is suitably qualified (whether by experience, training, or both) to carry out the work or function described in the relevant regulation; Department means the administrative unit of the Public Service that is, under the Minister, responsible for the administration of this Act; Director means the Chief Executive of the Department; petroleum has the same meaning as in the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Act 2000; precious stones has the same meaning as in the Opal Mining Act 1995; precious stones field means a precious stones field under the Opal Mining Act 1995; quarry means a quarry, open cut, gravel pit, sand pit, clay pit, borrow pit or other excavation, other than an underground mine, made in the natural surface of the ground for the purpose of recovering any mineral, and includes works; site means the place where or under which mining operations have been or are being carried out, and includes the area in the vicinity of that place; top soil means the surface soil of land in its natural state, distinguishable from overburden; underground mine means an excavation made in order to conduct operations underground for the purpose of recovering any mineral, and includes works. (2) If a regulation refers to the number of persons working in a mine then, for the purposes of computing the number of those persons, the owner of the mine will not be included but a contractor will be included if the contractor is working in the mine.