Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 142

142 Notice of demolition work

(1) Subject to subsection (4) , a person conducting a business or undertaking who proposes to carry out any of the following demolition work must ensure that written notice is given to the regulator under this section 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 6m in height;

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

(c) demolition work involving explosives.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual—12 1 / 2 penalty units; or

(b) for a body corporate—60 penalty units.

(2) The notice must be given in the way and in the form approved by the regulator.

(3) Subsection (4) applies to an emergency service organisation in relation to demolition work carried out by an emergency service worker who, at the direction of the emergency service organisation, is—

(a) rescuing a person; or

(b) providing first aid to a person.

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

(5) In this section 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 its highest point.