Under Regulation 34(a) of the Health and Safety at Work (Mining Operations and Quarrying Operations) Regulations 2016, WorkSafe New Zealand gives notice of the qualifications and experience required for the granting of certificates of competence under Regulation 41.

1. Commencement—This notice comes into force on 22 December 2016.

2. Principal notice—This notice amends the Notice of Requirements for Granting of Certificates of Competence Under the Health and Safety in Employment (Mining Operations and Quarrying Operations) Regulations 2013 (published in the New Zealand Gazette, 18 December 2014, Issue No. 153, Notice No. 2014-au7793) (“principal notice”).

3. Interpretation—The clause entitled “Interpretation” of the principal notice is amended by inserting, after the definition of “regulations”, the following definition:

savings provision means clause 7(5) of Schedule 1 of the Health and Safety at Work (Mining Operations and Quarrying Operations) Regulations 2016.

4. Clause entitled “Certificate of competence as a B-grade quarry manager” amended—Paragraph (3)(a) of the clause entitled “Certificate of competence as a B-grade quarry manager” is amended by deleting

“as a B-grade quarry manager under the former regulations”

and substituting

“as an A-grade quarry manager or a B-grade quarry manager under the former regulations, or a certificate of competence as an A-grade quarry manager to which the savings provision applies”.

5. Clause entitled “Examination by panel of examiners” amended—Paragraph (5) of the clause entitled “Examination by panel of examiners” is amended by inserting, after paragraph (5):

“(5A) Nothing in paragraph (2) applies to an applicant for a certificate of competence as a B-grade quarry manager who holds a certificate of competence as an A-grade quarry manager under the former regulations, or a certificate of competence as an A-grade quarry manager to which the savings provision applies.”

Dated at Wellington this 19th day of December 2016.

GREGOR COSTER, cnzm, Chair, WorkSafe New Zealand.