144   Functions of site check inspectors

The functions of a site check inspector for a mine are as follows:

(a)  to keep under review the measures taken to ensure the health, safety and welfare of persons at the mine, including procedures to control risks,

(b)  to investigate any matter that may be a risk to health and safety at the mine,

(c)  to attempt to resolve such matters but, if unable to do so, to request an investigation into those matters by an inspector for that purpose,

(d)  (Repealed)

(e)  to be an observer during the presentation of any formal report made by a government official to the operator of a mine, or to a contractor who does work at a mine, about an work health and safety matter related to work at the mine,

(f)  at the request of an employee at the mine, to accompany the employee during any interview or discussion with an employer or the operator of the mine about any work health and safety issue,

(g)  to be an observer during any formal in-house investigation of a notifiable incident within the meaning of Division 1 of Part 7,

(h)  to assist in the development of arrangements for recording workplace hazards and accidents and to promote improved workplace health and safety,

(i)  to make recommendations on the training of employees in relation to health and safety,

(j)  to participate in consultation that the operator, or any contractor who does work at the mine, is required to undertake with a site check inspector under this Act or the regulations,

(k)  to inspect the mine to assess the level of risk to which employees are exposed, including inspecting documents and plans relating to health, safety and welfare that are required to be kept at the mine by this Act or the regulations or by the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 or the regulations under that Act,

(l)  any other functions prescribed by the regulations.