Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) A person is
eligible to be appointed as the site senior executive of a mine if the
person —
(a) is
the most senior executive located at or near the mine; and
(b) is
able to carry out the functions of the site senior executive under
regulation 675ZJ in relation to the mine; and
(c)
passes an applicable legislation examination for site senior executives; and
(d)
successfully completes an approved WHS risk management unit for site senior
executives; and
(e)
works at a mine for at least 2 years.
(2) The appointment of
a person as the site senior executive of a mine must be in the approved form
and in the manner approved by the regulator.
(3) If a person
appointed as the site senior executive of a mine ceases to meet the
requirements of subregulation (1), the person ceases to be the site
senior executive of the mine.
(4) If a person ceases
to be the site senior executive of a mine, the mine operator of the mine must
appoint a person who meets the requirements of subregulation (1) as the
site senior executive of the mine.
Penalty for this subregulation:
(a) for
an individual, a fine of $7 000;
(b) for
a body corporate, a fine of $35 000.
Note for this subregulation:
See
regulation 675ZB(3) in relation to the failure to appoint a person to a
key statutory position after 7 days.