NSW health and safety laws for mining to start in Feb 2015
The new health and safety law for NSW mining, the Work Health and Safety (Mines) Regulation 2014, has been made and published.
The new regulation together with the Work Health and Safety (Mines) Act 2013 will commence on 1 February 2015.
The new laws will repeal and replace the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act 2002 and the Mine Health and Safety Act 2004 and there will no longer be separate mine safety legislation for coal mines or metalliferous and extractives mines.
Generous transitional arrangements have been put in place to assist duty holders understand and comply with their obligations.
For further information, visit the NSW Government Resource and Energy website.
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