Coroners Act 2003

A mining related reportable death must be investigated by—

the Mining and Resources Coroner; or

if the Mining and Resources Coroner is not available to investigate the death because of absence or another reason—another coroner directed by the State Coroner.

Subsection (1) applies despite section 11(2).

A person’s death is a mining related reportable death if—

the person’s death is a reportable death under section 8(3)(b); and

the person dies at any time after receiving a mining related injury that—

caused the death; or

contributed to the death and without which the person would not have died; and

the person receives the mining related injury—

at a coal mine; or

at a mine; or

at or in a petroleum and gas site; and

the person’s injury is not intentionally self-inflicted.

For subsection (3), a mining related injury is an injury from—

coal mining operations under the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999, schedule 3; or

operations under the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999, section 10; or

data acquisition activities; or

petroleum tenure activities; or

water monitoring activities.

In this section—area, of a data acquisition authority, petroleum tenure or water monitoring authority, see the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004, schedule 2 or the Petroleum Act 1923, section 2.coal mine—

means a coal mine within the meaning of the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999, section 9, other than a coal mine that is a place mentioned in section 9(1)(e) of that Act; and

includes a mining railway to which that Act would apply in the absence of section 5A of that Act.

data acquisition activities see the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004, section 176(1).data acquisition authority see the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004, section 18(1)(c).mine—

means a mine within the meaning of the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999, section 9, other than a mine that is a place mentioned in section 9(1)(e) of that Act; and

includes—

a mine or part of a mine mentioned in paragraph (a) that is the subject of a declaration under section 9(4) of that Act; and

a mining railway to which that Act would apply in the absence of section 5A of that Act.

petroleum and gas site—

means—

the area of a data acquisition authority, petroleum tenure or water monitoring authority; or

a place where data acquisition activities are carried out, continuously or from time to time, unlawfully because land at the place is not in the area of a data acquisition authority; or

a place where a petroleum tenure activity is carried out, continuously or from time to time, unlawfully because land at the place is not in the area of a petroleum tenure; or

a place where a water monitoring activity is carried out, continuously or from time to time, unlawfully because land at the place is not in the area of a petroleum tenure or a water monitoring authority; and

includes buildings for administration, accommodation and associated facilities in an area, or at a place, mentioned in paragraph (a), or on land adjoining or adjacent to the area or place.

petroleum tenure means—

a petroleum tenure under the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004, section 18(3); or

a lease under the Petroleum Act 1923, section 2.

petroleum tenure activity means a petroleum tenure activity under the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004, section 800(3), other than the following—

an airborne geophysical survey;

transport to and from a petroleum and gas site on a public road or public railway;

air transport to and from a petroleum and gas site;

a pastoral activity.

water monitoring activity means a water monitoring activity under the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004, section 187(2) or the Petroleum Act 1923, section 87(2).water monitoring authority means a water monitoring authority under the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004, section 18(1)(d) or the Petroleum Act 1923, section 2.