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An instrument of declaration allows jurisdictions normally falling under mine safety legislation to be transferred temporarily to the jurisdiction of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984.
Current instruments of declaration
Under section 4(3) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 (the OSH Act), the minister administering the OSH Act and the minister administering the Mining Act 1978 may declare, in an 'instrument of declaration,' that the OSH Act or provisions of it apply to, or in relation to, a workplace normally falling under the jurisdiction of the MSI Act or the Mining Act.
The following instruments have been declared and are valid until cancelled. Government Gazettes are available on the State Law Publisher's website.
No. 1 of 2015 - Roy Hill Railway, published in the Government Gazette, No. 89, 23 June 2015.
No. 1 of 2018 - Hybrid Remote Energy Power Project at the Agnew Gold Mine, published in the Government Gazette, No. 152, 05 October 2018.
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