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MUTUAL RECOGNITION ACT 1992 – S.32

Ministerial Declaration

Whereas no underground coal mines exist in Western Australia, we jointly declare
that as from 9 December 1995:

    (a) the occupation which may be carried on only by a person granted a Western
    Australian Certificate Item A in Schedule 1; and

    (b) the occupation which may be carried on only by a person granted a New South
    Wales Certificate Item B in Schedule 1.

are equivalent.

  21   May
Dated this----------day of------------------2004

The Honourable Clive Brown MLA
Western Australian Minister for State Development

  5   April
Dated this----------day of-------------------2004

The Honourable Kerry Hickey MP
New South Wales Minister for Mineral Resources

SCHEDULE 1

DOMAINS OF MINING BEING LEGALLY APPLICABLE TO THE STATUTORY CERTIFICATES OF MINE MANAGEMENT COMPETENCY HEREUNDER, FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND NEW SOUTH WALES

The hatched domain indicates there are no underground coal mines in Western Australia.

The table only depicts those certificates referenced in Ministerial Declaration.

DOMAIN       COAL

Open Cut     Western Australia:  Item A

             New South Wales:  Item B

Underground  Western Australia:  Item A

Item  State  Certificate                                                              Statute

A     WA     First Class Coal Mine Manager's Certificate of Competency                Mines Safety & Inspection Regulation (WA) 1995

B     NSW    Open Cut Mine Manager's Certificate of Competency (Open Cut Coal Mines)  Part 2, Divisions 2, 3 and 4
                                                                                      of the Coal Mines Regulation act 1982 No. 67 as amended
             Any certificate that may
             correspond to the above,                                                 Coal Mine Health & Safety Act 2002 (and relevant regulations that may be made under it)
             under the Coal Mine Health & Safety Act 2002 and
             corresponding regulations, when they commence