There has been a recommendation to have Western Australia's mine safety regulations covered by general occupational and safety legislation.

A review has made more than 60 recommendations to change the Mines Safety and Inspection Act.

One suggests that only very specific mine safety issues remain covered by the Mines Act.

Acting State Development Minister John Kobelke says the industry should make its views known during the public comment period.

"The recommendations if taken up in full would bring about major changes in terms of the legislative and regulatory background to safety in the mining industry," he said.

"That's why the Government is very keen to have feedback from the industry, from the wider community, before it forms a view on how it takes forward these recommendations."

The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies' executive officer, Alan Layton, says the mining industry is specialised and its safety regulations should continue to be looked after by the Department of Minerals and Petroleum Resources.

He says the industry does not want the Act to be changed for no reason, and it should remain under the realm of one minister.

"One who's responsible for our industry, the mining industry and one who's responsible for occupational health having conflicting responsibility in respect of our industry. We have at the moment the one minister and that's what we'd like to keep.