Mines and Works Inspection Regulations 2013

In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

Act means the Mines and Works

Inspection Act 1920;

amenity of an area or place includes any quality or condition of the area or place that conduces to its biological, physical or cultural value;

approved means approved by the Chief

Inspector;

authorised person means a person authorised under section 7 of the Act to inspect a mine;

business day means a day other than a Saturday,

Sunday or a public holiday;

Chief Inspector means the Chief Inspector of

Mines;

competent person means a person who is suitably qualified (whether by experience, training, or both) to carry out the work or function described in the relevant regulation;

Department means the administrative unit of the

Public Service that is, under the Minister, responsible for the administration of this Act;

Director means the Chief Executive of the

Department;

petroleum has the same meaning as in the

Petroleum and Geothermal Energy

Act 2000;

precious stones has the same meaning as in the

Opal Mining Act 1995;

precious stones field means a precious stones field under the Opal Mining

Act 1995;

quarry means a quarry, open cut, gravel pit, sand pit, clay pit, borrow pit or other excavation, other than an underground mine, made in the natural surface of the ground for the purpose of recovering any mineral, and includes works;

site means the place where or under which mining operations have been or are being carried out, and includes the area in the vicinity of that place;

top soil means the surface soil of land in its natural state, distinguishable from overburden;

underground mine means an excavation made in order to conduct operations underground for the purpose of recovering any mineral, and includes works.

If a regulation refers to the number of persons working in a mine then, for the purposes of computing the number of those persons, the owner of the mine will not be included but a contractor will be included if the contractor is working in the mine.