Section Sch3-1 — Health and Safety at Work Act 2015: Interpretation

1 Interpretation In this schedule,— alluvial mining operation means a mining operation carried out above ground and associated with— (a) the extraction of gold from river deposits of sand or gravel: (b) the extraction of ironsand from sand or gravel Board means the New Zealand Mining Board of Examiners established under clause 27 coal means anthracite, bituminous coal, sub-bituminous coal, and lignite, and— (a) includes every other substance worked or normally worked with coal; but (b) does not include coal in the form of peat industry health and safety representative means a person appointed in accordance with clause 17 licence or other permission means a lease, licence, or other instrument under which a person with an interest in land (including, for example, the owner of the land) permits another person to carry out a mining operation on the land mine operator means,— (a) for a mining operation carried out under a permit granted under the Crown Minerals Act 1991 ,— (i) the person appointed by the permit operator to manage and control the mining operation; or (ii) the permit operator, if no such person has been appointed: (b) for a mining operation (not being a mining operation described in paragraph (a)) carried out under a licence or other permission,— (i) the person appointed to manage and control the mining operation by the person who holds the licence or other permission to carry out mining operations; or (ii) the person who holds the licence or other permission to carry out mining operations, if no such person has been appointed: (c) in any other case,— (i) the person appointed to manage and control the mining operation by the owner of the land where the mining operation is being carried out; or (ii) the owner of the land where the mining operation is being carried out, if no such person has been appointed mine worker means a worker in a mining operation mineral means a naturally occurring inorganic substance beneath or at the surface of the earth, and— (a) includes metallic minerals, non-metallic minerals, and precious stones; but (b) does not include clay, coal, gravel, limestone, sand, or stone mining operation has the meaning given to it in clause 2 peat means combustible, soft, porous, or compressed sedimentary deposit of plant origin with a high water content permit operator has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Crown Minerals Act 1991 quarrying operation has the meaning given to it in clause 3 site senior executive means a worker appointed as the site senior executive by the mine operator tourist mining operation means an operation that has the purpose of— (a) mine education; or (b) mine research; or (c) mine tourism tunnelling operation has the meaning given to it in clause 4 .