Minister: Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy
Agency: Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy


Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 No. 39

Effective Date Publication Date Amendments Included Notes
16 March 2001 06 April 2001 2000 Act No. 46
07 June 2001 20 June 2001 2001 Act No. 33
15 July 2001 20 July 2001 2001 Act No. 45
20 June 2002 20 June 2002 2002 Act No. 25
09 May 2003 2003 Act No. 19
01 August 2004 2003 Act No. 70
31 December 2004 2004 Act No. 25(amd 2004 Act No. 26)
03 March 2005 2005 Act No. 3
06 February 2006 2005 Act No. 68

correction notice issued

29 August 2007 2007 Act No. 36
14 December 2007 2007 Act No. 46
21 May 2008 2008 Act No. 33
01 July 2008 2008 Act No. 33
08 September 2008 2008 Act No. 43
05 November 2008 2008 Act No. 56
01 July 2009 2009 Act No. 132009 Act No. 16
04 September 2009 2009 Act No. 16
02 November 2009 2009 Act No. 25
21 April 2010 2010 Act No. 17
01 January 2011 2010 Act No. 38
17 March 2011 2011 Act No. 2
04 April 2011 2011 Act No. 4
01 January 2012 2011 Act No. 22011 Act No. 18
31 March 2013 2012 Act No. 20
01 October 2014 2014 Act No. 40

RA s 43

05 December 2014 2014 Act No. 40
19 December 2014 17 August 2016 2014 Act No. 64
14 June 2016 22 August 2016 2016 Act No. 32
27 September 2016 29 September 2016 2014 Act No. 64
01 March 2017 03 March 2017 2016 Act No. 63
30 March 2017 04 April 2017 2017 Act No. 10
30 June 2017 26 June 2017 2017 Act No. 4
28 September 2017 27 September 2017 2017 Act No. 34

RA s 35

25 October 2018 25 October 2018 2018 Act No. 24
09 November 2018 25 July 2019 2018 Act No. 28
10 November 2019 08 November 2019 2018 Act No. 28
25 May 2020 28 May 2020 2020 Act No. 14
01 July 2020 15 July 2020 2020 Act No. 102020 Act No. 14

RA s 5(d)

07 September 2020 23 February 2021 2020 Act No. 14
20 October 2021 20 October 2021 2021 Act No. 18
21 November 2022 21 November 2022 2022 Act No. 29
25 November 2022 30 November 2022 2022 Act No. 29
01 March 2023 27 February 2023 2022 Act No. 34
04 December 2023 07 December 2023 2023 Act No. 32
01 September 2024 04 September 2024 2024 Act No. 34

RA s 35

Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 No. 39

date of assent 02 September 1999

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

pt 1 div 4, pts 6, 12 and sch 3 commenced 29 October 1999 (1999 SL No. 243)

remaining provisions commenced 16 March 2001 (2001 SL No. 14)

Mining and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2000 No. 18 pts 1, 3

date of assent 08 June 2000

commenced on date of assent

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2000 No. 46 ss 1, 3 sch

date of assent 25 October 2000

commenced on date of assent

Natural Resources Legislation Amendment Act 2001 No. 33 pts 1, 4

date of assent 07 June 2001

commenced on date of assent

Corporations (Ancillary Provisions) Act 2001 No. 45 ss 1–2, 29 sch 3

date of assent 28 June 2001

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

sch 3 commenced 15 July 2001 (see s 2 (2) of Act 2001 No. 45 (Qld) and Corporations Act 2001 No. 50 (Cwlth) and proc pubd Cwlth of Australia gaz 13 July 2001, No. S285)

remaining provision commenced immediately before 15 July 2001 (see s 2 (1) of Act 2001 No. 45 (Qld) and Corporations Act 2001 No. 50 (Cwlth) and proc pubd Cwlth of Australia gaz 13 July 2001, No. S285)

Natural Resources and Mines Legislation Amendment Act 2002 No. 25 pts 1–2

date of assent 20 June 2002

commenced on date of assent

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003 No. 19 ss 1, 3 sch

date of assent 09 May 2003

commenced on date of assent

Surveyors Act 2003 No. 70 ss 1–2, 206 sch 2

date of assent 22 October 2003

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 1 August 2004 (2004 SL No. 127)

Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 No. 25 ss 1, 2(2), 942–945 (prev ss 882–885) (this Act is amended, see amending legislation below)

date of assent 12 October 2004

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 31 December 2004 (2004 SL No. 308)

Amending legislation

Petroleum and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2004 No. 26 ss 1–2(1), 255–256 (amends 2004 No. 25 above)

date of assent 12 October 2004

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 13 October 2004 (see s 2 (1))

Petroleum and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2005 No. 3 ss 1, 105 sch

date of assent 03 March 2005

commenced on date of assent

Natural Resources and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2005 No. 68 pts 1–2

date of assent 08 December 2005

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 6 February 2006 (2006 SL No. 6)

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 No. 36

date of assent 29 August 2007

commenced on date of assent

Mining and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 46 pts 1, 3, s 241 sch

date of assent 25 October 2007

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

s 42 commenced 14 December 2007 (2007 SL No. 313) (amdt could not be given effect)

remaining provisions commenced 14 December 2007 (2007 SL No. 313)

Clean Energy Act 2008 No. 33 ss 1–2(a), pt 11

date of assent 21 May 2008

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

ss 40, 41, 48 commenced 1 July 2008 (2008 SL No. 191)

remaining provisions commenced on date of assent

Mining and Other Legislation (Safety and Health Fee) Amendment Act 2008 No. 43 pts 1–2

date of assent 08 September 2008

commenced on date of assent

Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Act 2008 No. 56 s 1, pt 2, s 3 sch

date of assent 05 November 2008

commenced on date of assent

Right to Information Act 2009 No. 13 ss 1–2, 213 sch 5

date of assent 12 June 2009

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 1 July 2009 (2009 SL No. 132)

Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Act 2009 No. 16 ss 1, 2(2), pt 2

date of assent 12 June 2009

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

ss 7–10 commenced 4 September 2009 (2009 SL No. 185)

remaining provisions commenced 1 July 2009 (2009 SL No. 109)

Criminal Code and Other Legislation (Misconduct, Breaches of Discipline and Public Sector Ethics) Amendment Act 2009 No. 25 pt 1, s 83 sch

date of assent 11 August 2009

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 2 November 2009 (2009 SL No. 241)

Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Act 2010 No. 17 s 1, pt 3, s 17 sch

date of assent 21 April 2010

commenced on date of assent

Public Interest Disclosure Act 2010 No. 38 ss 1–2, 78 sch 3

date of assent 20 September 2010

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 1 January 2011 (2010 SL No. 305)

Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Act 2011 No. 2 pts 1, 3

date of assent 17 March 2011

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

s 7 commenced 1 January 2012 (2011 SL No. 280)

remaining provisions commenced on date of assent

Electrical Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2011 No. 4 ss 1, 69 sch pt 1

date of assent 04 April 2011

commenced on date of assent

Work Health and Safety Act 2011 No. 18 ss 1–2, 404 sch 4 pt 2 div 1

date of assent 06 June 2011

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 1 January 2012 (2011 SL No. 238)

Mines Legislation (Streamlining) Amendment Act 2012 No. 20 ss 1–2, 323 sch 3

date of assent 29 August 2012

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 31 March 2013 immediately before the commencement of the provisions of the Environmental Protection (Greentape Reduction) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2012 No. 16 commencing on that day (see 2013 SL No. 35 and 2013 SL No. 24)

State Development, Infrastructure and Planning (Red Tape Reduction) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2014 No. 40 ss 1–2, 154 sch 1 pt 4

date of assent 15 August 2014

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 1 October 2014 (2014 SL No. 209)

Water Reform and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2014 No. 64 ss 1–2, pt 9 div 1

date of assent 05 December 2014

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

ss 203, 208, 209 commenced 19 December 2014 (2014 SL No. 333)

ss 204–207, 210 (to the extent it ins new s 303), 211–212 commenced 27 September 2016 (2016 SL No. 168)

ss 208A–208E, 210 (other than to the extent it ins s 303) commenced on date of assent (see s 2 (1))

North Stradbroke Island Protection and Sustainability and Other Acts Amendment Act 2016 No. 32

date of assent 14 June 2016

s 1, pt 3 comm on date of assent

Industrial Relations Act 2016 No. 63

date of assent 09 December 2016

ch 1 pt 1 hdgs, ss 35, pts 2–3, chs 2–18, ch 19 pts 1–7, ss 11181124, 1126–1128, 1151, 1152 (to the extent it ins new s 289), ch 19 pts 9–10, schs 1–6 comm 1 March 2017 (2017 SL No. 24)

Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) Act 2017 No. 4

date of assent 09 March 2017

pt 1 hdg, s 3, pts 2–7, sch 1 comm at the end of 30 June 2017 (see s 2)

Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2017 No. 10

date of assent 30 March 2017

pts 1, 1A, 2 divs 1–2, pt 3 divs 1–2, pts 3A, 3B, 3C, 4, sch 1 pt 1 comm on date of assent

Land Access Ombudsman Act 2017 No. 34

date of assent 13 September 2017

pt 8 divs 2, 4 (except s 75), 5, 6 comm 28 September 2017 (see s 2(1))

Mineral, Water and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2018 No. 24

date of assent 25 October 2018

pts 1–2, ss 8–9,15–16, 17(1), 18–24, 30, 31(1) (to the extent it om def pipeline land), (2) (to the extent it ins new def pipeline land), 32, 36, 56–62, 66, 67(2) (to the extent it ins new def party), 68–141, 148–163, 164(2) (other than to the extent it ins new defs conference election notice, owner, transfer), (3), pt 7, ss 179, 180 (1) (other than to the extent it om def election notice), (2) (other than to the extent it ins new def conference election notice), 181–187, 189–191, 197–198, 199–207, 209–217, 219–222, 228–234, 235(1) (other than to the extent it om def election notice), (2) (other than to the extent it ins def conference election notice), 236–261, 270–279, 280 (other than to the extent it ins s 1290), 281(1) (other than to the extent it om def election notice), (2) (other than to the extent it ins new defs ADR election notice, arbitration election notice, conference election notice), (3)–(4), s 282 sch 1 comm on date of assent

Mines Legislation (Resources Safety) Amendment Act 2018 No. 28

date of assent 09 November 2018

pts 1, 2 (other than ss 17, 47 (to the extent it ins new ss 308–309), 3–4 comm on date of assent

ss 17, 47 (to the extent it ins new ss 308–309) comm 10 November 2019 (automatic commencement under AIA s 15DA (2))

Resources Safety and Health Queensland Act 2020 No. 10

date of assent 19 March 2020

pt 7 div 2, sch 2 comm 1 July 2020 (2020 SL No. 68)

Mineral and Energy Resources and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2020 No. 14

date of assent 25 May 2020

pt 2 divs 1–2 comm on date of assent (see s 2(a))

pt 2 div 3 comm 1 July 2020 immediately after the commencement of the Resources Safety and Health Queensland Act 2020, part 7 (2020 SL No. 109 sch item 1)

s 218 sch 1 comm 7 September 2020 (2020 SL No. 109 sch item 3)

Resources and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2021 No. 18

date of assent 20 October 2021

pt 1A comm on date of assent

Coal Mining Safety and Health and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2022 No. 29

date of assent 21 November 2022

sch 1 comm on date of assent

pt 2 comm 25 November 2022 (see s 2)

Public Sector Act 2022 No. 34

date of assent 12 December 2022

s 365 sch 3 comm 1 March 2023 (see s 2)

Information Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2023 No. 32

date of assent 04 December 2023

pt 1A comm on date of assent

s 141 sch 1 pt 2 not yet proclaimed into force (see s 2(1))

Resources Safety and Health Legislation Amendment Act 2024 No. 34

date of assent 18 June 2024

ss 3–5, 7–14, 15(2), 16–23, 24(1), 26(1), 27(2)–(3), 28, 29(1), (2) (to the extent it om s 60(8)–(9) and ins s 60(8)–(9)), 30(2), 31–32, 33(1), (4)–(5), 35–99, 100 (to the extent it ins ss 328, 330, 335–341), 101, 102(1), (2) (to the extent is ins defs authorised official, board of inquiry, board qualification, coal mine worker, contractor, enforceable undertaking, mutual recognition Act, obstruct, offender, operational ROC worker, practising certificate, Queensland Government website, remote operating centre, ROC worker), (3)–(4) comm 1 September 2024 (2024 SL No. 166 item 2)

ss 6, 15(1), 24(2)–(3), 25, 29(2) (to the extent it om s 60(10) and ins s 60(10)–(10B)), 29(4)–(5), 30(1), (3), 33(2)–(3), 34, 100 (other than the extent it ins ss 328, 330, 332, 335–341), 102(2) (to the extent it ins defs critical control, electrical engineering manager, material unwanted event, mechanical engineering manager) comm 1 June 2025 (2024 SL No. 166 item 1)

ss 26(2)–(4), 27(1), 100 (to the extent it ins new s 332) comm 1 June 2030 (see s 2(1))

s 29(3) comm 1 June 2030 (see s 2(2))

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