618—Review of control measures
(1) A person
conducting a business or undertaking at a mine must review and as necessary
revise control measures implemented under regulation 617 in the following
circumstances:
(a) an
audit of the effectiveness of the safety management system for the mine
indicates a deficiency in a control measure;
(b) a
worker is moved from a hazard or assigned to different work in response to a
recommendation contained in a health monitoring report provided under Part 3;
(c) an
incident referred to in regulation 675V occurs.
Notes—
(1) WHS
Act—sections 19, 20 and 21, as applicable (see regulation 9).
(2) This requirement
is in addition to the requirement under regulation 38 (see
regulation 33).
(3) This regulation
applies to a mine operator (see regulation 613(3)).
(2) The mine operator
of a mine must ensure that a control measure that is the subject of a request
by a health and safety representative under regulation 38(4) is reviewed and
as necessary revised, whether the request is made directly to the mine
operator or notified to the mine operator under subregulation (3) by
another person conducting a business or undertaking at the mine.
Notes—
(1) WHS
Act—sections 19, 20 and 21, as applicable (see regulation 9).
(2) This requirement
is in addition to the requirement under regulation 38 (see
regulation 33).
(3) A person
conducting a business or undertaking at the mine who is not the mine operator
of the mine must immediately notify the mine operator of a request made to the
person under regulation 38(4).
Maximum penalty:
(a) in
the case of an individual—$6 000;
(b) in
the case of a body corporate—$30 000.
(4) A health and
safety representative for workers at the mine may request a review of a
control measure under regulation 38(4) as if the circumstances referred
to in subregulation (1) were included in regulation 38(4)(a).