Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Amendment Regulation 2023


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1Short title

This regulation may be cited as the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Amendment Regulation 2023.

2Regulation amended

This regulation amends the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Regulation 2017.

3Amendment of sch 5 (General exposure limits for hazards)

(1)Schedule 5, column 1, after ‘airborne contaminant’—
insert—

other than welding fumes, diesel particulate matter or respirable crystalline silica

(2)Schedule 5—
insert—

respirable crystalline silica (quartz, cristobalite and tridymite)

0.05mg/m3

welding fumes

5mg/m3