(1) Subject to
subregulation (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 in accordance with this regulation at
least 5 days before the work commences:
(a)
demolition of a structure, or a part of a structure that is loadbearing or
otherwise related to the physical integrity of the structure, that is at least
6 metres in height;
(b)
demolition work involving load shifting machinery on a suspended floor;
(c)
demolition work involving explosives.
Maximum penalty:
(a) In
the case of an individual—$1 250.
(b) In
the case of a body corporate—$6 000.
Expiation fee:
(a) In
the case of an individual—$144.
(b) In
the case of a body corporate—$720.
Note—
See section 268 of the Act for offences relating to the giving of false or
misleading information under the Act or these regulations.
(2) The notice must be
given in the manner and form required by the regulator.
(3)
Subregulation (4) applies to an emergency service organisation in
relation to demolition work carried out or proposed to be carried out by an
emergency service worker at the direction of the emergency service
organisation, in responding to an emergency.
(4) An emergency
service organisation must give notice under subregulation (1) as soon as
practicable (whether before or after the work is carried out).
(5) In this
regulation, 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.