Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) In this
regulation —
exploration operations has the meaning given in
the MSIA section 4(1).
(2) This regulation
applies to a mine where —
(a)
exploration operations are carried out at the mine; and
(b) a
registered manager was not appointed for the mine.
(3) A person who,
immediately before commencement, was the exploration manager appointed under
the MSIA section 46A for particular exploration operations on a mining
tenement is, on commencement day, taken to be appointed by the mine operator
of a mine to be the exploration manager of the mine under
regulation 675ZM.
(4) If there is more
than 1 exploration manager for the mine under the MSIA
section 46A —
(a) the
person appointed earliest is, on commencement day, taken to be appointed by
the mine operator of the mine to be the exploration manager of the mine under
regulation 675ZM; and
(b) the
other persons appointed are, on commencement day, taken to be appointed as
alternates for the exploration manager of the mine under
regulation 675ZR.
(5) During the period
of 4 years beginning on commencement day, a person who is not an
appropriate person for the position of exploration manager may be appointed to
be the exploration manager of a mine, or an alternate for the position, if the
person was eligible to be appointed as an exploration manager of a mine under
the MSIA.
(6) If a person who is
the exploration manager under subregulation (3), (4)(a) or (5), or an
alternate for the exploration manager under subregulation (4)(b) or (5),
is not an appropriate person for the position, the person is taken to be an
appropriate person for the position until the earlier of the
following —
(a) the
day on which the person becomes an appropriate person for the position under
regulation 675ZM(1);
(b) the
day that is 4 years after commencement day.
(7) If a person who is
the exploration manager under subregulation (3), (4)(a) or (5), or an
alternate for the exploration manager under subregulation (4)(b) or (5),
ceases to be taken to be an appropriate person under subregulation (6), the
person ceases to be the exploration manager, or an alternate for the
exploration manager, of the mine.
[Regulation 741 amended: SL 2024/233
r. 5.]