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MINES SAFETY AND INSPECTION AMENDMENT BILL 2017

                  Western Australia


Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment
               Bill 2017

                     Contents

1.   Short title                        2
2.   Commencement                       2
3.   Act amended                        2
4.   Various penalties amended          2




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                     LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY


     Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment
                    Bill 2017

                               A Bill for


An Act to amend the Mines Safety and Inspection Act 1994 to
increase penalties for offences.



The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:




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1    1.          Short title
2                This is the Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Act 2017.

3    2.          Commencement
4                This Act comes into operation as follows --
5                 (a) sections 1 and 2 -- on the day on which this Act
6                       receives the Royal Assent;
7                 (b) the rest of the Act -- on a day fixed by proclamation,
8                       and different days may be fixed for different provisions.

9    3.          Act amended
10               This Act amends the Mines Safety and Inspection Act 1994.

11   4.          Various penalties amended
12               Amend the provisions listed in the Table as set out in the Table.
13                                         Table
                Provision                  Delete                 Insert

          s. 4A(1)(a)(i)          $5 000                  $50 000

          s. 4A(1)(a)(ii)         $6 250                  $60 000

          s. 4A(1)(b)(i)(I)       $25 000                 $100 000

          s. 4A(1)(b)(i)(II)      $31 250                 $120 000

          s. 4A(1)(b)(ii)(I)      $50 000                 $450 000

          s. 4A(1)(b)(ii)(II)     $62 500                 $570 000

          s. 4A(2)(a)(i)          $100 000                $250 000

          s. 4A(2)(a)(ii)         $125 000                $350 000


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      Provision           Delete                 Insert

s. 4A(2)(b)(i)     $200 000               $1 500 000

s. 4A(2)(b)(ii)    $250 000               $1 800 000

s. 4A(3)(a)(i)     $200 000               $400 000

s. 4A(3)(a)(ii)    $250 000               $500 000

s. 4A(3)(b)(i)     $400 000               $2 000 000

s. 4A(3)(b)(ii)    $500 000               $2 500 000

s. 4A(4)(a)(i)     $250 000 and           $550 000 and
                   imprisonment for       imprisonment for
                   2 years                5 years

s. 4A(4)(a)(ii)    $312 500 and           $680 000 and
                   imprisonment for       imprisonment for
                   2 years                5 years

s. 4A(4)(b)(i)     $500 000               $2 700 000

s. 4A(4)(b)(ii)    $625 000               $3 500 000

s. 10A(1)(a)       $25 000                $100 000

s. 10A(1)(b)       $31 250                $120 000

s. 10A(2)(c)       $20 000                $80 000

s. 10A(2)(d)       $25 000                $100 000

s. 10A(3)(c)       $10 000                $40 000

s. 10A(3)(d)       $12 500                $50 000



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             Provision               Delete                    Insert

       s. 11(4)             $10 000                   $40 000

       s. 21(5)             $25 000                   $100 000
                            $5 000                    $20 000

       s. 23(3)             $25 000                   $100 000
                            $5 000                    $20 000

       s. 26(3)             $10 000                   $40 000

       s. 95(2)(a)          $200                      $800

       s. 95(2)(b)          $1 000                    $4 000

       s. 95(2)(c)          $2 000                    $8 000


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