Victorian Numbered Acts

WORKSAFE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2017 (NO. 48 OF 2017) - SECT 11

In section 37(4) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 —

        (a)     in the definition of "medical treatment", after "the medical" insert "or nursing or midwifery";

        (b)     for the definition of mine substitute —

""mine "means—

        (a)     a workplace at which work is being performed under a licence within the meaning of the  Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 —

              (i)     including work that is exploration (within the meaning of that Act), in the form of underground work of any kind or drilling from the surface for coal-bed methane; and

              (ii)     excluding work that is exploration carried out above ground, other than drilling from the surface for coal-bed methane; or

        (b)     all parts of a tourist mine that are underground and all infrastructure and plant associated with the underground workings;";

        (c)     insert the following definition—

""tourist mine" means a mine, part of a mine, or any other location in which the principal activities conducted are those promoting interest in the practice and history of prospecting or mining.".