Definition(s)
Underground Coal Mine
Underground coal mine:
(a) means any place where any person works below ground for the purpose of—
(i) extracting any coal from the earth; or
(ii) processing any coal extracted from the earth at that place; and
(b) includes any place in which coal so extracted or processed is washed, crushed, or screened.
Source: Health and Safety in Employment (Mining Administration) Regulations 1996, SR 1996/220, New Zealand, as of January 2011. Regulations