New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2017 - REG 142

142 Notice of demolition work

(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking who proposes to carry out the following demolition work must ensure written notice is given to the regulator in accordance with this clause at least 5 days before the work commences--

(a) demolition of a structure, or a part of a structure that is load-bearing or otherwise related to the physical integrity of the structure, that is at least 6 metres in height,

(b) demolition work involving load shifting machinery on a suspended floor,

(c) demolition work involving explosives.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) for an individual--15 penalty units, or

(b) for a body corporate--70 penalty units.

Note--: See the Act, section 268 for offences relating to giving false or misleading information.

(2) The notice must be given in the form required by the regulator.

(3) Subclause (4) applies to an emergency service organisation for demolition work carried out or proposed to be carried out by an emergency service worker at the direction of the emergency service organisation in responding to an emergency.

(4) An emergency service organisation must give notice under subclause (1) as soon as practicable, whether before or after the work is carried out.

(5) In this clause, a reference to the height of a structure is a reference to the height of the structure measured from the lowest level of the ground immediately adjacent to the base of the structure at the point at which the height is to be measured to the structure's highest point.