The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:
Am |
amended |
LW |
legislation website |
Sch |
Schedule |
Cl |
clause |
No |
number |
Schs |
Schedules |
Cll |
clauses |
p |
page |
Sec |
section |
Div |
Division |
pp |
pages |
Secs |
sections |
Divs |
Divisions |
Reg |
Regulation |
Subdiv |
Subdivision |
GG |
Government Gazette |
Regs |
Regulations |
Subdivs |
Subdivisions |
Ins |
inserted |
Rep |
repealed |
Subst |
substituted |
See also Mines Inspection Amendment Act of 1904; Coroners Act 1980, Sch 1; Coal Mines Regulation Act 1982; and Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983.
Table of amending instruments
Mines Inspection Act 1901 No 75. Assented to 28.12.1901. Date of commencement, 1.2.1902, sec 1 (1). This Act has been amended as follows:
1912 | No 36 | Coroners Act 1912. Assented to 26.11.1912. |
1937 | No 35 | Statute Law Revision Act 1937. Assented to 23.12.1937. |
1945 | No 4 | Mines Inspection (Amendment) Act
1945. Assented to 14.3.1945. |
1958 | No 46 | Mines Inspection (Amendment) Act 1958. Assented to 31.12.1958. |
1962 | No 8 | Mines Inspection (Amendment) Act 1962. Assented to 21.5.1962. |
1965 | No 33 | Decimal Currency Act
1965. Assented to 20.12.1965. |
1967 | No 80 | Mines Inspection (Amendment) Act
1967. Assented to 14.12.1967. |
1968 | No 54 | Mines Inspection (Amendment) Act
1968. Assented to 10.12.1968. |
1972 | No 48 | Reprints Act 1972. Assented to 9.10.1972. |
1973 | No 81 | Coal Mining Act 1973. Assented to
20.12.1973. |
1974 | No 51 | Metric Conversion Act 1974. Assented
to 6.5.1974. |
1975 | No 56 | Mines Inspection (Amendment) Act 1975. Assented to 9.10.1975. |
1976 | No 15 | Mines Inspection (Amendment) Act 1976. Assented to 31.3.1976. |
1977 | No 62 | Mines Inspection (Amendment) Act 1977. Assented to 7.9.1977. |
1978 | No 145 | Mines Inspection (Amendment) Act
1978. Assented to 29.12.1978. |
1983 | No 20 | Occupational Health and Safety
Act 1983. Assented to 21.4.1983. |
1984 | No 8 | Mines Inspection (Amendment) Act
1984. Assented to 31.5.1984. |
No 153 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1984. Assented to 10.12.1984. | |
1987 | No 48 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 1)
1987. Assented to 28.5.1987. |
No 78 | Mines Inspection (Workers Compensation) Amendment
Act 1987. Assented to 10.6.1987. | |
No 157 | Miscellaneous Acts (Sex Discrimination) Amendment
Act 1987. Assented to 18.11.1987. | |
1988 | No 20 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1988. Assented to 28.6.1988. |
1992 | No 29 | Mining Act 1992.
Assented to 18.5.1992. |
No 112 | Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1992.
Assented to 8.12.1992. | |
1993 | No 35 | Mines Inspection (Amendment) Act
1993. Assented to 8.6.1993. |
No 47 | Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1993.
Assented to 15.6.1993. | |
1994 | No 95 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
1994. Assented to 12.12.1994. |
1995 | No 11 | Statute Law Revision (Local Government) Act
1995. Assented to 9.6.1995. |
1996 | No 137 | Mining Legislation Amendment Act
1996. Assented to 16.12.1996. |
1998 | No 34 | Disability Discrimination Legislation Amendment Act
1998. Assented to 15.6.1998. |
No 69 | Mines Inspection Amendment Act
1998. Assented to 2.7.1998. | |
No 122 | Mines Legislation Amendment (Mines Safety) Act
1998. Assented to 26.11.1998. | |
1999 | No 31 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act 1999. Assented to 7.7.1999. |
No 42 | Offshore Minerals Act
1999. Assented to 8.7.1999. | |
No 85 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act (No 2) 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999. | |
No 94 | Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act
1999. Assented to 8.12.1999. | |
2000 | No 40 | Occupational Health and Safety
Act 2000. Assented to 26.6.2000. |
No 93 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act (No 2) 2000. Assented to 8.12.2000. | |
2001 | No 56 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act 2001. Assented to 17.7.2001. |
2002 | No 50 | Mining Legislation Amendment
(Health and Safety) Act 2002. Assented to 4.7.2002. |
No 53 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act 2002. Assented to 4.7.2002. | |
No 83 | Surveying Act
2002. Assented to 29.10.2002. | |
No 129 | Coal Mine Health and Safety Act
2002. Assented to 16.12.2002. |
This Act has also been amended pursuant to an order under secs 8 (2) and 9 (3) of the Reprints Act 1972 No 48 (formerly Acts Reprinting Act 1972). Order dated 4.7.1979, and published in GG No 90 of 6.7.1979, p 3280, declaring that:
(a) the Mines Inspection Act 1901, secs 53 and 54 (1) excepted, is an enactment to which sec 8 (2) of the Acts Reprinting Act 1972 applies, and
(b) the Mines Inspection Act 1901 is an enactment to which sec 9 (3) of the Acts Reprinting Act 1972 applies.
Table of amendments
No reference is made to certain amendments made by the Decimal Currency Act 1965, the Reprints Act 1972, and Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1994.
Sec 1 | Am 1968 No 54, sec 2 (a). |
Sec 2 | Am 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (a); 1978 No 145, Schs 1 (1), 8 (1); 1983 No 20, Sch 4 (1). Rep 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [1]. |
Sec 4 | Am 1937 No 35, Second Sch; 1945 No 4, sec 2; 1958 No 46, sec 2 (1) (a); 1962 No 8, sec 2 (1) (a); 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (b); 1968 No 54, sec 2 (b); 1973 No 81, Fourth Sch; 1975 No 56, sec 2; 1976 No 15, Sch 1; 1978 No 145, Schs 1 (2), 8 (2); 1992 No 29, Sch 5; 1995 No 11, Sch 1; 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [2]–[9]; 1998 No 122, Sch 2 [1]–[3]; 1999 No 42, Sch 3.10 [1]; 2002 No 53, Sch 1.15 [1]; 2002 No 83, Sch 2.12 [1]. |
Sec 4A | Ins 1945 No 4, sec 3. Am 1958 No 46, sec 2 (1) (b); 1962 No 8, sec 2 (1) (b) Rep 1978 No 145, Sch 1 (3). Ins 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [10]. |
Sec 4B | Ins 1958 No 46, sec 2 (1) (c). |
Sec 4C | Ins 1983 No 20, Sch 4 (2). |
Part 2, heading | Subst 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [11]. |
Part 2, Div 1, heading | Subst 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [11]. |
Sec 5 | Am 1945 No 4, sec 4 (1); 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (c); 1978 No 145, Sch 2 (1); 1984 No 8, Sch 1 (1); 1992 No 112, Sch 1. Subst 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [12]. |
Sec 5A | Ins 1984 No 8, Sch 1 (2). Subst 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [12]. |
Secs 5B–5D | Ins 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [12]. |
Sec 6 | Am 1976 No 15, Sch 2 (1); 1978 No 145, Sch 2 (2); 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [13]. |
Sec 7 | Am 1978 No 145, Sch 2 (3); 1998 No 34, Sch 1.6 [1]; 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [14] [15]. |
Sec 8 | Rep 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (d). Ins 1978 No 145, Sch 2 (4). Am 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [13] [14] [16]. |
Sec 9 | Am 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (e); 1976 No 15, Sch 2 (2); 1978 No 145, Sch 2 (5); 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [13] [16] [17]. |
Sec 10 | Am 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (f); 1978 No 145, Sch 2 (6); 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [18]. |
Sec 11 | Am 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (g); 1978 No 145, Sch 2 (7); 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [13] [16]. |
Sec 12 | Subst 1945 No 4, sec 5 (a). Am 1958 No 46, sec 2 (1) (d); 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (h); 1974 No 51, Sch; 1978 No 145, Sch 8 (3); 1998 No 34, Sch 1.6 [2]–[4]. |
Sec 13 | Am 1945 No 4, sec 5 (b); 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (i); 1976 No 15, Sch 2 (3); 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [19]. |
Sec 14 | Am 1945 No 4, sec 5 (c); 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (j); 1978 No 145, Sch 8 (4); 1998 No 34, Sch 1.6 [5] [6]. |
Sec 15 | Rep 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (k). |
Sec 16 | Am 1945 No 4, sec 5 (d); 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (l); 1977 No 62, Sch 1 (1); 1998 No 34, Sch 1.6 [7]. |
Sec 17 | Am 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (m). |
Sec 18 | Am 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (n). |
Sec 18A | Ins 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (o). Subst 1968 No 54, sec 2 (c). Am 1998 No 34, Sch 1.6 [8]–[10]. |
Part 2, Divs 2A, 2B (secs 18C–18K) | Ins 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [20]. |
Part 2, Div 3, heading | Subst 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [21]. |
Sec 19 | Am 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (p); 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [22]–[26]. |
Sec 20 | Am 1978 No 145, Sch 8 (5); 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [27]. |
Sec 21 | Am 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (q); 1968 No 54, sec 2 (d); 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [28] [29]. |
Sec 22 | Am 1977 No 62, Sch 1 (2). |
Sec 23 | Am 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (r); 1978 No 145, Sch 2 (8); 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [30] [31]. |
Sec 24 | Am 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (s); 1978 No 145, Schs 2 (9), 8 (6); 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [32]; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.134. |
Part 3, Div 1 (sec 25) | Rep 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [33]. |
Sec 26 | Am 1945 No 4, sec 6 (a); 1962 No 8, sec 2 (1) (c); 1976 No 15, Sch 3 (1); 1977 No 62, Sch 1 (3); 1987 No 157, Sch 1 (5); 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [34]. |
Sec 27 | Rep 1945 No 4, sec 6 (b). |
Sec 28 | Rep 1976 No 15, Sch 3 (2). Ins 1977 No 62, Sch 1 (4). Am 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [35]. |
Sec 29 | Subst 1958 No 46, sec 2 (1) (e); 1993 No 35, Sch 1 (1). Am 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [35]; 1999 No 42, Sch 3.10 [2]; 2000 No 40, Sch 2.8. |
Sec 30 | Am 1968 No 54, sec 2 (e). Subst 1993 No 35, Sch 1 (1). Am 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [35]. |
Secs 30A, 30B | Ins 1993 No 35, Sch 1 (1). Am 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [35]. |
Sec 31 | Am 1976 No 15, Sch 3 (3); 1977 No 62, Sch 1 (5); 1978 No 145, Sch 8 (7); 1993 No 35, Sch 1 (2); 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [35]. |
Sec 32 | Subst 1958 No 46, sec 2 (1) (f). Am 1962 No 8, sec 2 (1) (d); 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (t); 1976 No 15, Sch 4 (1) (2); 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [13] [14] [36] [37]; 1999 No 31, Sch 1.25 [1]; 2002 No 53, Sch 1.15 [2]. |
Sec 32A | Am 2002 No 53, Sch 1.15 [3]. |
Sec 33 | Am 1958 No 46, sec 2 (1) (g). Rep 1962 No 8, sec 2 (1) (e). |
Sec 34 | Am 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [38] [39]. |
Sec 35 | Am 1945 No 4, sec 7 (a). Rep 1978 No 145, Sch 3 (1). Ins 1998 No 122, Sch 2 [4]. |
Sec 36 | Am 1945 No 4, sec 7 (b); 1978 No 145, Sch 8 (8); 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [40]; 1998 No 122, Sch 2 [5]–[8]; 2002 No 83, Sch 2.12 [2]. |
Sec 36A | Ins 1998 No 122, Sch 2 [9] (am 1999 No 31, Sch 1.26 [3]–[7]). Am 2000 No 93, Sch 2.32. |
Sec 36B | Ins 1998 No 122, Sch 2 [9] (am 1999 No 31, Sch 1.26 [4]). |
Sec 36C | Ins 1998 No 122, Sch 2 [9]. |
Sec 37 | Am 1978 No 145, Schs 3 (2), 8 (9); 1987 No 78, Sch 1 (1); 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [41] [42]; 1998 No 122, Sch 2 [10]. |
Sec 37A | Ins 1978 No 145, Sch 3 (3). Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [35]; 1998 No 122, Sch 2 [11]. |
Sec 38 | Am 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (u); 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [43]–[45]. |
Sec 39 | Rep 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [46]. |
Sec 40 | Am 1976 No 15, Sch 4 (3); 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [47] [48]. |
Sec 41 | Am 1945 No 4, sec 7 (c); 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (v); 1974 No 51, Sch; 1978 No 145, Sch 3 (4); 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [35] [49]–[56]; 1999 No 31, Sch 1.25 [2]; 2002 No 83, Sch 2.12 [3]. |
Sec 42 | Am 1978 No 145, Sch 3 (5); 1983 No 20, Sch 4 (3); 1987 No 78, Sch 1 (2); 1992 No 112, Sch 1. |
Sec 42A | Ins 1945 No 4, sec 8. Subst 1958 No 46, sec 2 (1) (h). Am 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (w); 1978 No 145, Schs 3 (6), 8 (10); 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [57]. |
Sec 42B | Ins 1945 No 4, sec 8. Am 1958 No 46, sec 2 (1) (i); 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (x); 1974 No 51, Sch; 1978 No 145, Sch 3 (7); 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [58] [59]. |
Sec 43 | Am 1945 No 4, sec 9 (a); 1962 No 8, sec 2 (1) (f); 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (y); 1978 No 145, Sch 8 (11). Rep 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [60]. |
Sec 44 | Am 1945 No 4, sec 9 (b); 1962 No 8, sec 2 (1) (g); 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [35] [61]. |
Sec 45 | Am 1945 No 4, sec 9 (c); 1974 No 51, Sch. |
Part 4, Div 3 | Subst 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [62]. |
Sec 46 | Am 1945 No 4, sec 9 (d). Subst 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [62]. |
Part 4, Div 4 | Subst 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [62]. |
Sec 47 | Rep 1912 No 36, Sch 1. Ins 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [62]. Am 1998 No 122, Sch 2 [12]. |
Sec 47A | Ins 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [62]. Am 1998 No 122, Sch 2 [13]. |
Sec 47B | Ins 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [62]. Am 1998 No 122, Sch 2 [14] [15]. |
Sec 47C | Ins 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [62]. |
Sec 47D | Ins 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [62]. Am 1998 No 122, Sch 2 [16]. |
Sec 47E | Ins 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [62]. |
Secs 47F–47P | Ins 1998 No 122, Sch 2 [17]. |
Sec 48 | Am 1937 No 35, Second Sch; 1978 No 145, Schs 3 (8), 8 (12); 1987 No 48, Sch 32; 1987 No 78, Sch 1 (3); 1992 No 112, Sch 1. Subst 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [62]. Rep 1998 No 122, Sch 2 [17]. |
Part 4, Div 5 | Rep 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [62]. |
Part 4A | Ins 1978 No 145, Sch 4. |
Sec 48A | Ins 1978 No 145, Sch 4. Am 1992 No 29, Sch 5; 1996 No 137, Sch 2.6 [1]. |
Sec 48B | Ins 1978 No 145, Sch 4. Am 1987 No 78, Sch 1 (4); 1992 No 112, Sch 1. |
Sec 48C | Ins 1978 No 145, Sch 4. Am 1996 No 137, Sch 2.6 [2]; 2002 No 129, Sch 2.11. |
Sec 48D | Ins 1978 No 145, Sch 4. |
Part 5 | Rep 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [63]. |
Sec 49 | Am 1978 No 145, Sch 8 (13). Rep 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [63]. |
Sec 50 | Am 1937 No 35, Second Sch; 1973 No 81, Fourth Sch; 1974 No 51, Sch; 1992 No 29, Sch 5. Rep 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [63]. |
Secs 51–53 | Rep 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [63]. |
Sec 54 | Am 1937 No 35, Second Sch; 1973 No 81, Fourth Sch; 1992 No 29, Sch 5. Rep 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [63]. |
Sec 55 | Rep 1978 No 145, Sch 8 (15). (For the history of this section before its repeal, see the Alphabetical and Chronological Tables of the New South Wales Statutes, published separately.) |
Sec 56 | Am 1937 No 35, Second Sch; 1945 No 4, sec 10; 1968 No 54, sec 2 (g); 1978 No 145, Schs 5 (2), 8 (16); 1984 No 8, Sch 1 (3); 1987 No 48, Sch 32; 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [64] [65]; 1999 No 31, Sch 1.25 [3]. |
Sec 57 | Am 1978 No 145, Sch 8 (17); 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [35] [66]. |
Sec 58 | Am 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (z); 1978 No 145, Sch 8 (18); 1987 No 48, Sch 32; 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [35] [67] [68]. |
Sec 59 | Rep 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (aa). |
Sec 60 | Rep 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (bb). |
Sec 61 | Rep 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (cc). |
Sec 62 | Rep 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (dd). |
Sec 63 | Rep 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (ee). |
Sec 64 | Rep 1967 No 80, sec 2 (1) (ff). |
Sec 65 | Am 1978 No 145, Sch 8 (19); 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [35]; 2001 No 56, Sch 2.30. |
Sec 67 | Am 1958 No 46, sec 2 (1) (j); 1978 No 145, Schs 6 (1), 8 (20); 1987 No 78, Sch 1 (5); 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [69]–[71]. |
Sec 68 | Am 1978 No 145, Sch 8 (21); 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [72] [73]. |
Sec 69 | Am 1958 No 46, sec 2 (1) (k). Subst 1978 No 145, Sch 6 (2). Am 1983 No 20, Sch 4 (4) (am 1984 No 153, Sch 16); 1987 No 78, Sch 1 (6); 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [74]–[76]; 1999 No 85, Sch 2.38. |
Sec 70 | Rep 1978 No 145, Sch 6 (3). |
Sec 71 | Am 1912 No 36, Sch 1; 1978 No 145, Sch 6 (4); 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [77] [78]. |
Sec 72 | Am 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [35]. |
Sec 73 | Am 1978 No 145, Sch 6 (5); 1984 No 153, Sch 16. |
Sec 74 | Am 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [79] [80]. |
Sec 76A | Ins 1998 No 122, Sch 2 [18]. |
Sec 77A | Ins 2002 No 50, Sch 2 [1]. |
Sec 78 | Am 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [57]. |
Sec 79 | Rep 1978 No 145, Sch 8 (22). Ins 1998 No 122, Sch 2 [19] (am 1999 No 31, Sch 1.26 [8]). |
Sec 80 | Am 1978 No 145, Sch 6 (6); 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1993 No 47, Sch 1; 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [81] [82]; 2002 No 83, Sch 2.12 [4]. |
Sec 81 | Ins 1978 No 145, Sch 6 (7). Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1999 No 31, Sch 1.25 [1]. |
Sec 82 | Ins 1988 No 20, Sch 20. |
Schs 1, 2 | Rep 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [83]. |
Sch 3, heading | Ins GG No 66 of 29.6.1945, p 1128. Rep GG No 81 of 5.7.1974, p 2626. Ins GG No 37 of 31.3.1978, p 1045. Rep 1978 No 145, Sch 7. Ins 1988 No 20, Sch 20. Subst 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [84]. |
Sch 3 | Ins GG No 66 of 29.6.1945, p 1128. Am GG No 73 of 5.7.1946, p 1514; 1962 No 8, sec 2 (1) (i). Rep GG No 81 of 5.7.1974, p 2626. Ins GG No 37 of 31.3.1978, p 1045. Rep 1978 No 145, Sch 7. Ins 1988 No 20, Sch 20. Am 1998 No 69, Sch 1 [85]–[87]; 1998 No 122, Sch 2 [20] [21]; 2002 No 50, Sch 2 [2]. |
