216—Roll-over protection on tractors
(1) The person with
management or control of a tractor at a workplace must ensure that the tractor
is not used unless it is securely fitted with a
roll-over protective structure.
Maximum penalty:
(a) In
the case of an individual—$6 000.
(b) In
the case of a body corporate—$30 000.
(2) If a tractor is
used in a place that is too low for the tractor to work while it is fitted
with a roll-over protective structure, the structure may be lowered or removed
for the period during which the tractor is used in such a situation (but only
if other measures to minimise the risk of roll-over are in place).
(3) This regulation
does not apply if the tractor is—
(a)
installed in a fixed position, and in a manner which would no longer permit it
to be used as powered mobile plant; or
(b) a
tractor with a mass of less than 560 kilograms or a mass of
15 000 kilograms or more; or
(c)
being used for a historical purpose or activity.
(4) In this
regulation—
"historical purpose or activity", in relation to the use of a tractor,
includes an activity ancillary to a historical activity;
Examples—
1 Historical activity : a historical display,
parade, demonstration or re-enactment.
2 Activity ancillary to a historical activity :
restoring, maintaining, modifying or housing a tractor used, or to be used,
for a historical activity.
"roll-over protective structure" means a structure designed to protect a
tractor operator from injury if the tractor rolls over in any direction.
Note—
Regulations 214 and 215 also apply to a tractor.