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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 621

621—Duty to establish and implement safety management system

        (1)         The mine operator of a mine must establish a safety management system for the mine, in accordance with this Subdivision.

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         in the case of an individual—$6 000;

            (b)         in the case of a body corporate—$30 000.

        (2)         The mine operator must implement the safety management system for the mine, so far as is reasonably practicable.

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         in the case of an individual—$6 000;

            (b)         in the case of a body corporate—$30 000.

        (3)         The safety management system must form part of any overall management system that is in place at the mine.

        (4)         The safety management system must be designed to be used by the mine operator as the primary means of ensuring, so far as is reasonably practicable—

            (a)         the health and safety of workers at the mine; and

            (b)         that the health and safety of other persons is not put at risk from the mine or work carried out as part of mining operations.

        (5)         Subject to subregulation (6), the safety management system must provide a comprehensive and integrated system for the management of all aspects of risks to health and safety in relation to the operation of the mine.

        (6)         The safety management system must comply with subregulation (5) to the extent appropriate to the mine having regard to—

            (a)         the nature, complexity and location of the mining operations; and

            (b)         the risks associated with those operations.

        (7)         The safety management system must be documented.

        (8)         The mine operator of a mine that is also a determined major hazard facility is not required to establish a safety management system under regulation 558 for the operation of the major hazard facility if—

            (a)         the mine operator has established a safety management system for the facility for the purposes of this regulation; and

            (b)         the system deals with all matters required to be addressed by a safety management system under regulation 558 and includes all matters specified in Schedule 17; and

            (c)         the system is readily accessible to persons who use it.



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