Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 315E

315E Risk assessment and control measures for civil construction work and housing construction work

(1) This section applies to construction work that is—

(a) civil construction work; or

(b) housing construction work.

(2) If a person conducting a business or undertaking uses a control measure—

(a) if the control measure is a hoarding—it must comply with the requirements for a hoarding under section 315F (6) (a) and (b) ; or

(b) if the control measure is perimeter containment screening—it must—

(i) comply with section 315I ; and

(ii) if it is designed to stop objects falling on persons from a level of a structure—be erected along each part of a structure from which an object could fall in the adjoining area during the work; or

(c) if the control measure is a catch platform—it must comply with section 315J ; or

(d) if the control measure is a gantry—it must comply with the requirements for a gantry under section 315K ; or

(e) if the control measure is a closure of the adjoining area—it must be used in compliance with the requirements for a closure under section 315M .

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.