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Terms of reference for the Mine Safety Advisory Council

The Mine Safety Advisory Council has been established to foster an industry with safety as a core value and to provide advice to the Minister on strategic safety and health matters in the mining industry.

Terms of Reference

  • To establish strategic safety and health direction and goals.
  • To analyse and review the safety performance of the industry and to provide information to stakeholders so that safety performance can be improved.
  • To provide leadership to the mining industry to develop safe and healthy workplaces within a framework which:
  • Encourages innovative and safe technology and processes.
  • Sets the strategic direction for the industry in developing competent people.
  • Advances a legislative framework which leads to safe mining practice.
  • To encourage a move towards cross-industry and national standards.
  • To interact with the safety advisory committees to enable them to lead their industry sectors, and to inform the work of the Council.
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