Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 235

235 Major inspection of registered mobile cranes and tower cranes

(1) This section applies to the person with management or control of a registered mobile crane or tower crane at a workplace.

(2) The person must ensure that a major inspection of the crane is carried out by, or under the supervision of, a competent person—

(a) at the end of the design life recommended by the manufacturer for the crane; or

(b) if there are no manufacturer’s recommendations—in accordance with the recommendations of a competent person; or

(c) if it is not reasonably practicable to comply with paragraph (a) or (b) —every 10 years from the date that the crane was first commissioned or first registered, whichever occurred first.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—36 penalty units.

(3) A major inspection carried out under an equivalent provision of a corresponding WHS law is taken to be a major inspection for the purposes of this section.

(4) In this section—

"competent person" means a person who—

(a) complies with both of the following—

(i) has acquired through training, qualification or experience the knowledge and skills to carry out a major inspection of the crane;

(ii) is registered under a law that provides for the registration of professional engineers; or

(b) is determined by the regulator to be a competent person.

"major inspection" means—

(a) an examination of all critical components of the crane, if necessary by stripping down the crane and removing paint, grease and corrosion to allow a thorough examination of each critical component; and

(b) a check of the effective and safe operation of the crane.

(5) The regulator may, on the application of a person, make a decision in relation to the person for the purposes of subsection (4) , definition competent person , paragraph (b) if the regulator considers that exceptional circumstances exist.