Western Australian Current Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (MINES) REGULATIONS 2022 - REG 745

745 .         Agreements that quarry managers need not be appointed

        (1)         In this regulation —

        operative period , in relation to an agreement under the MSIA section 37(4)(a) or (b), means the period beginning on commencement day and ending on the earlier of the following —

            (a)         if the agreement states that it terminates on a particular day — that day;

            (b)         otherwise — the end of the shorter transition period.

        (2)         This regulation applies if —

            (a)         either —

                  (i)         a district inspector agreed that an appointment of a quarry manager need not be made at a mine under the MSIA section 37(4)(a); or

                  (ii)         the State mining engineer agreed in writing that an appointment of a quarry manager need not be made in relation to quarry operations at a mine under the MSIA section 37(4)(b);

                and

            (b)         the agreement is in force immediately before commencement day; and

            (c)         the mine is a mine where a quarry manager must be appointed under Schedule 26 clause 14(1).

        (3)         During the operative period, the site senior executive of a mine where a quarry manager must be appointed under Schedule 26 clause 14(1) has the functions of the quarry manager for the mine.