Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - SCHEDULE 5

SCHEDULE 5 – Registration of plant and plant designs

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, escalators and moving walkways

1.5 Building maintenance units

1.6 Hoists with a platform movement exceeding 2.4m, 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 and structures stated in section 2 (2)

1.9 Concrete placing booms

1.10 Prefabricated scaffolding

1.11 Boom-type elevating work platforms

1.12 Gantry cranes with a maximum rated capacity greater than 5t or bridge cranes with a maximum rated capacity of greater than 10t, 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 maximum rated capacity of greater than 10t

2 Exceptions

(1) The items of plant listed in section 1 do not include—

(a) a heritage boiler; or

(b) a crane or hoist that is manually powered; or

(c) an elevating work platform that is a scissor lift or a vertically moving platform; or

(d) a tow truck; or

(e) 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.

(f) a reach stacker.

(2) The following devices and structures are excluded from section 1.8 —

(a) an amusement ride or device classified as class 1 under section 2.1 of AS 3533.1:2009 (Amusement rides and devices—Design and construction);

(b) playground structures;

(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, escalators and moving walkways, except lifts stated in section 4 (2)

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 and structures stated in section 4 (3)

3.7 Concrete placing booms

3.8 Mobile cranes with a maximum rated capacity of greater than 10t.

4 Exceptions

(1) The items of plant listed in section 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.

(2) Lifts installed in a private residence within the meaning of AS 1735.1:2003 (Lifts, escalators and moving walks—General requirements) are excluded from section 3.4 .

(3) The following devices and structures are excluded from section 3.6 —

(a) an amusement ride or device classified as class 1 under section 2.1 of AS 3533.1:2009 (Amusement rides and devices—Design and construction);

(b) playground structures;

(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.