Mine Subsidence Compensation Regulation 2012



1   Name of Regulation
This Regulation is the Mine Subsidence Compensation Regulation 2012.
2   Commencement
This Regulation commences on 1 September 2012.
Note—
This Regulation replaces the Mine Subsidence Compensation Regulation 2007 which is repealed on 1 September 2012 under section 10 (2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989.
3   Definitions
(1)  In this Regulation:
approved means approved for the time being by the chairperson of the Board.
(2)  Notes included in this Regulation do not form part of this Regulation.
4   Contributions under section 11 (1A)
For the purposes of section 11 (1A) of the Act, in respect of the year referred to in the heading to Schedule 1:
(a)  the contribution payable to the Mine Subsidence Compensation Fund by the proprietor of a colliery holding specified in Column 1 of that Schedule is, for each dollar of the land value of that colliery holding, to be calculated at the rate (if any) specified in Column 2 of that Schedule opposite that colliery holding, and
(b)  the proprietor of a colliery holding specified in Column 1 of that Schedule is, if no rate is specified in Column 2 of that Schedule opposite that colliery holding, excepted from contributing to the Mine Subsidence Compensation Fund.
5   Prescribed period under section 12 (1) (c)
The prescribed period for the purposes of section 12 (1) (c) of the Act is the period, not exceeding 6 months, or not exceeding 3 years if the Board is satisfied that there are special circumstances, during which any buildings or works are (by reason of damage arising from subsidence due to the extraction of coal or shale) untenantable, under repair or in course of construction.
6   Notifications under section 12 (2)
A notification under section 12 (2) of the Act must be lodged with the Secretary of the Board:
(a)  within 12 months after the day on which it became known to the owner concerned that the damage was caused by subsidence, or
(b)  if the Board determines that the owner should have known on a particular day that the damage was caused by subsidence, within 12 months after that day, or
(c)  if the Board determines that a longer period is justified in the circumstances of the case, within the longer period so determined.
7   Claims under section 12A
(1)  Any claim under section 12A of the Act must be in or to the effect of the approved form.
(2)  For the purposes of section 12A (2) (a) of the Act, the prescribed time within which a claim referred to in section 12A (1) (a) must be lodged with the Secretary of the Board is 3 months from the date on which the damage occurred.
(3)  However, if the claimant satisfies the Board:
(a)  that he or she was not aware of the damage on the date on which it occurred or was not aware that the damage was caused by the exercise by the Board of its powers under section 13A of the Act, and
(b)  that he or she was the owner of the improvements or the household or other effects on the date on which the damage occurred and on the date on which the notification was lodged,
then the prescribed time within which the claim must be lodged is 3 months from the date on which he or she became aware of the damage or became aware that the damage was caused by the exercise by the Board of its powers under section 13A of the Act.
8   Prescribed qualifications of valuer under section 13 (1) (a)
For the purposes of section 13 (1) (a) of the Act, a valuer has the prescribed qualifications if the valuer is registered as a practising real estate valuer under the Valuers Act 2003.
9   Prescribed fee under section 15B (2)
For the purposes of section 15B (2) of the Act, the prescribed fee to accompany an application for a certificate of compliance is $50.
10   Prescribed fee under section 15C (2)
For the purposes of section 15C (2) of the Act, the prescribed fee to accompany an application for a certificate to the effect that a compensation claim has been paid is $25.
11   Savings
Any act, matter or thing that, immediately before the repeal of the Mine Subsidence Compensation Regulation 2007, had effect under that Regulation continues to have effect under this Regulation.
Schedule 1 Rate of contribution to Mine Subsidence Compensation Fund for 2014
(Clause 4)
Column 1
Column 2
Colliery holding
Rate (in $)
Abel
0.08535
Aberdare East
Excepted
Aberdare North
Excepted
Airly
0.00404
Angus Place
0.18122
Appin
0.02564
Ashton
0.03094
Austar Coal Mine
0.02352
Awaba
Excepted
Baal Bone
0.00081
Bargo
Excepted
Bengalla
0.06511
Berrima
0.00302
Bloomfield
0.00968
Bluevale
Excepted
Boggabri
0.06196
Camberwell
0.03816
Chain Valley
0.03682
Charbon
0.074
Clarence
0.09479
Cordeaux
Excepted
Cullen Valley
Excepted
Cumnock No 1
0.07293
Dartbrook
Excepted
Dendrobium
0.03189
Donaldson Coal
0.00026
Drayton
0.03277
Duralie
0.02717
Glendell
Excepted
Glennies Creek
0.04299
Gunnedah
Excepted
Hebburn No 3
Excepted
Hunter Valley Operations
0.02974
Huntley
Excepted
Invincible
Excepted
Ivanhoe No 2
Excepted
Kemira
Excepted
Liddell
0.03069
Mandalong Mine
0.09697
Mangoola
0.05047
Mannering
Excepted
Maules Creek
Excepted
Metropolitan
0.02276
Mitchells Flat
Excepted
Moolarben
0.08963
Mount Pleasant
Excepted
Mount Thorley
0.04169
Mt Arthur
0.07316
Mt Owen
0.0567
Munmorah
Excepted
Muswellbrook
0.03285
Myuna
0.0823
Narama
Excepted
Narrabri
0.1418
New Wallsend No 2
Excepted
Newdell
Excepted
Newstan
0.00912
North Cliff
Excepted
Northern
Excepted
NRE No 1
0.00205
NRE Wongawilli
0.00671
Pinedale
0.01171
Preston and Preston Extended Tunnel
Excepted
Ravensworth Operations
0.00829
Ravensworth Underground Mine
0.04268
Richmond Main East
Excepted
Rixs Creek
0.01821
Rocglen
0.04029
Sandy Creek
Excepted
Saxonvale
0.07871
Springvale
0.10791
Stratford
0.00153
Sunnyside
Excepted
Tahmoor
0.02676
Tarrawonga
0.03297
Tasman
0.00316
Ulan No 2
0.12653
United
Excepted
Wallarah
Excepted
Wallerawang
Excepted
Wambo
0.04824
Warkworth
0.04548
Werris Creek No 2
0.05023
West Cliff
0.05985
West Wallsend
0.0859
Westside
Excepted
Whitehaven
0.00295
Wilpinjong
0.18056
sch 1: Subst 2012 (669), Sch 1; 2013 (724), Sch 1; 2015 (70), Sch 1.