Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) The mine operator
of an underground mine must ensure that material or plant being carried in a
mine shaft conveyance —
(a) does
not protrude from the conveyance, while it is moving, so as to contact a wall
of the mine shaft or anything in the mine shaft; and
(b) is
so secured to the conveyance that it cannot leave the conveyance except by
being deliberately removed.
Penalty for this subregulation:
(a) for
an individual, a fine of $7 000;
(b) for
a body corporate, a fine of $35 000.
(2) The mine operator
of an underground mine must ensure that persons being carried in a mine shaft
conveyance are adequately protected from —
(a)
another mine shaft conveyance in the same mine shaft; and
(b) any
material or plant being carried in the other conveyance; and
(c) the
wall of the mine shaft or anything in the mine shaft.
Penalty for this subregulation:
(a) for
an individual, a fine of $7 000;
(b) for
a body corporate, a fine of $35 000.
(3) The mine operator
of an underground mine must ensure that, if a mine shaft conveyance that
combines a cage and skip is used, material or plant is not carried in the skip
while persons are being carried in the cage.
Penalty for this subregulation:
(a) for
an individual, a fine of $7 000;
(b) for
a body corporate, a fine of $35 000.
(4) The mine operator
of an underground mine must ensure that control measures are implemented to
prevent a mine shaft conveyance from falling down the mine shaft.
Penalty for this subregulation:
(a) for
an individual, a fine of $7 000;
(b) for
a body corporate, a fine of $35 000.
(5) The mine operator
of an underground mine must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that
facilities for loading material or plant onto or into a mine shaft conveyance
are designed and operated to prevent persons, rock, material and plant from
falling down a mine shaft.
Penalty for this subregulation:
(a) for
an individual, a fine of $7 000;
(b) for
a body corporate, a fine of $35 000.