Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 237A

237A Meaning of passenger ropeway

(1) A
"passenger ropeway" —

(a) is a powered ropeway used for transporting, in a horizontal or inclined plane, passengers moved by a carrier that is—

(i) attached to or supported by a moving rope; or

(ii) attached to a moving rope but supported by a standing rope or other overhead structure; and

(b) includes the prime mover, any associated transmission machinery and any supporting structure and equipment for the ropeway.

(2) However, a
"passenger ropeway" does not include any of the following—

(a) an amusement device, including an elevating system for vehicles or boat-style carriers associated with the amusement device;

Example of an elevating system for vehicles or boat-style carriers—

an elevating system for a log ride or boat flume ride

(b) a cog railway;

(c) a cable car running on rails;

(d) a flying fox or similar device.