Victorian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2017 - SCHEDULE 4

Schedule 4—Pressure equipment for which
high risk work licence is not required

Regulation 130

    1     Boilers having less than 5 square metres of heating surface.

    2     Boilers that are hot drink dispensers having an internal volume not larger than 0·014 cubic metres and having a heat input of not more than 5 kilowatts and a maximum working pressure of not more than 210 kilopascals.

    3     Steam locomotive boilers used for public rail transport.

    4     Boilers that are liquid heating units where the liquid is intended to be heated under a pressure above atmospheric and to a temperature not greater than 1 degree below the normal atmospheric boiling point of the liquid.

    5     Boilers that satisfy the requirements specified in AS 2593 as having—

        (a)     an attendance category of unattended operation; or

        (b)     an attendance category of limited attendance except to the extent that AS 2593 specifies that certain checks must be undertaken by a licensed operator.

    6     Boilers known as small low hazard boilers as specified in AS 2593.

    7     Boilers that comply with the AMBSC Code provided that—

        (a)     during the construction of the locomotive containing the boiler, the boiler has been inspected in the manner described in the AMBSC Code (appropriate to the material of construction) by a person registered with the Australian Miniature Boiler Safety Committee; and

        (b)     the locomotive containing the boiler is not in the charge of a person under the age of 18 years when that locomotive is being operated in a public place.

    8     Boilers manufactured before 1952 provided they are used solely for a historical purpose or activity, including an activity that is ancillary to a historical activity.

Examples

1     A historical activity may include a historical display, parade, demonstration or re-enactment.

2     An activity ancillary to a historical activity may include restoring, maintaining, modifying, servicing, repairing or housing a boiler used, or to be used, for a historical activity.

Sch. 5 amended by S.R. No. 4/2024 reg. 7.