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Article: Amendments To Queensland's Mining And Petroleum Legislation.(The Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Act)
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- June 25, 2009
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The Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Act 2009 was introduced as a bill in Queensland on 19 May 2009 and passed on 12 June 2009.
The purposes of the Amendment Act include to:
align the workplace health and safety provisions in mining, petroleum, gas and explosives laws to recent amendments in workplace health and safety laws;
implement some of the recommendations from the Ombudsman's 2008 report, 'The Regulation of Mine Safety in Queensland: A Review of the Queensland Mines Inspectorate'; and
support the establishment of the Australian Energy Market Operator as the single energy market operator for both electricity and gas markets ...