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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2017 - SCHEDULE 5

SCHEDULE 5 – Registration of plant and plant designs

(Clauses 243 and 246)

Part 1 - Plant requiring registration of design

1 Items of plant requiring registration of design

1.1 Pressure equipment, other than pressure piping, and categorised as hazard level A, B, C or D according to the criteria in Section 2.1 of AS 4343:2014 (Pressure equipment--Hazard levels) .
1.2 Gas cylinders covered by Section 1.1 of AS 2030.1-2009 (Gas cylinders--General Requirements) .
1.3 Tower cranes including self-erecting tower cranes.
1.4 Lifts and escalators and moving walkways.
1.5 Building maintenance units.
1.6 Hoists with a platform movement exceeding 2.4 metres, designed to lift people.
1.7 Work boxes designed to be suspended from cranes.
1.8 Amusement devices classified by Section 2.1 of AS 3533.1-2009 (Amusement rides and devices--Design and construction) , except devices specified in clause 2(2).
1.8A Passenger ropeways.
1.9 Concrete placing booms.
1.10 Prefabricated scaffolding.
1.11 Boom-type elevating work platforms.
1.12 Gantry cranes with a safe working load greater than 5 tonnes or bridge cranes with a safe working load of greater than 10 tonnes, and any gantry crane or bridge crane which is designed to handle molten metal or Schedule 11 hazardous chemicals.
1.13 Vehicle hoists.
1.14 Mast climbing work platforms.
1.15 Mobile cranes with a rated capacity of greater than 10 tonnes.

2 Exceptions

(1) The items of plant listed in clause 1 do not include--
(a) a heritage boiler, or
(ab) any pressure equipment, other than a gas cylinder, excluded from the scope of AS/NZS 1200:2015 (Pressure equipment) , or
Note--: See paragraph A3 of Appendix A to AS/NZS 1200:2015 .
(b) a crane or hoist that is manually powered, or
(ba) a reach stacker, or
(c) an elevating work platform that is a scissor lift or a vertically moving platform, or
(d) a tow truck.
(2) The following devices are excluded from clause 1.8--
(a) class 1 devices,
(b) playground devices,
(c) water slides where water facilitates patrons to slide easily, predominantly under gravity, along a static structure,
(d) wave generators where patrons do not come into contact with the parts of machinery used for generating water waves,
(e) inflatable devices, other than inflatable devices (continuously blown) with a platform height of 3 metres or more.

Part 2 - Items of plant requiring registration

3 Items of plant requiring registration

3.1 Boilers categorised as hazard level A, B or C according to criteria in Section 2.1 of AS 4343:2014 (Pressure equipment--Hazard levels .
3.2 Pressure vessels categorised as hazard level A, B or C according to the criteria in Section 2.1 of AS 4343:2014 (Pressure equipment--Hazard levels , except--
(a) gas cylinders, and
(b) LP Gas fuel vessels for automotive use, and
(c) serially produced vessels.
3.3 Tower cranes including self-erecting tower cranes.
3.4 Lifts and escalators and moving walkways.
3.5 Building maintenance units.
3.6 Amusement devices classified by Section 2.1 of AS 3533.1-2009 (Amusement rides and devices--Design and construction) , except devices specified in clause 4(2).
3.7 Concrete placing booms.
3.8 Mobile cranes with a rated capacity of greater than 10 tonnes.

4 Exceptions

(1) The items of plant listed in clause 3 do not include--
(a) any pressure equipment, other than a gas cylinder, excluded from the scope of AS/NZS 1200:2015 (Pressure equipment) , or
Note--: See paragraph A3 of Appendix A to AS/NZS 1200:2015 .
(b) a crane or hoist that is manually powered, or
(c) a reach stacker.
(1A) Pressure vessels that do not require periodic internal inspection in accordance with the criteria in Table 4.1 in AS/NZS 3788:2006 (Pressure equipment--In-service inspection) are excluded from clause 3.2.
(2) The following devices are excluded from clause 3.6--
(a) class 1 devices,
(b) playground devices,
(c) water slides where water facilitates patrons to slide easily, predominantly under gravity, along a static structure,
(d) wave generators where patrons do not come into contact with the parts of machinery used for generating water waves,
(e) inflatable devices, other than inflatable devices (continuously blown) with a platform height of 3 metres or more,
(f) any devices that are, or may be, operated by manual power.



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