New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2017 - REG 220

220 Exception--plant not specifically designed to lift or suspend a person

(1) For the purposes of clause 219(3)(b), the person with management or control of the plant at a workplace must ensure that--

(a) the persons are lifted or suspended in a work box that is securely attached to the plant, and

(b) the persons in the work box remain substantially within the work box while they are being lifted or suspended, and

(c) if there is a risk of a person falling from a height, a safety harness is provided and worn by the person in order to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, injury to the person as a result of the fall, and

(d) means are provided by which the persons being lifted or suspended can safely exit from the plant in the event of a failure in its normal operation.

(2) This clause does not apply to plant used in connection with--

(a) the performance of stunt work, or

(b) the performance of acrobatics, or

(c) theatrical performances.

Note : Part 4.4 (except clause 79) applies to the matters in subclause (2).