Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 49A

    (1)     For this part, a major construction project is a project involving construction work with a contract price that is more than—

        (a)     $5 000 000; or

        (b)     if a regulation prescribes another amount—the prescribed amount.

    (2)     However, a "major construction project" does not include a project in which construction work involves only the construction of a single dwelling house.

    (3)     In this section:

"construction work"—see the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011

, dictionary.

"contract price", for a major construction project—

        (a)     means the contract price agreed with the principal contractor before work starts on the project; but

        (b)     does not include any variations to the contract price made during the project.