New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2017 - REG 236

236 Lifts

(1) The person with management or control of a lift at a workplace (including a person with management or control of maintenance of a lift) must ensure that--

(a) if there is a risk of a person falling down a lift well--

(i) secure barriers are provided to prevent access to openings into the lift well by someone other than a person who is performing work in the lift well, and

(ii) secure working platforms or equivalent arrangements are provided for a person who is working in the lift well to prevent a fall from height, and

(b) if there is a risk to a person working in a lift well from objects falling onto that person--a secure barrier is provided to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, falling objects from striking the person or otherwise causing a risk.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) in the case of an individual--40 penalty units, or

(b) in the case of a body corporate--210 penalty units.

(2) The person must ensure that there is a safe means of entry to and exit from the base of the lift well.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) in the case of an individual--40 penalty units, or

(b) in the case of a body corporate--210 penalty units.

(3) The person must ensure that there is fixed, in a prominent place in the lift, a sign that states the safe working load specified in the design of the lift.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) in the case of an individual--40 penalty units, or

(b) in the case of a body corporate--210 penalty units.