What the official record says
This Act is the Underground Coal Mining Safety Act . This Act comes into force 30 days after the date on which it receives the Royal assent. The purpose of this Act is to provide, on an interim basis, better protection of the safety of underground coal miners in New Zealand, by applying the Queensland regulatory framework to underground coal mining in this country until a more satisfactory permanent safety regime is brought into being. In this Act, means the Minister of Labour. The Minister must, no later than the coming into force of this Act, and without further authority than is provided by it, implement an underground coal mining safety regime (the ) that applies the content of the Queensland Coal Mining Safety and Health Regulation 2001 (as in force at 23 July 2012), with necessary mo