Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 220

    (1)     For the purposes of section 219 (3) (b), the person with management or control of the plant at a workplace must ensure that—

        (a)     the persons are lifted or suspended in a work box that is securely attached to the plant; and

        (b)     the persons in the work box remain substantially within the work box while they are being lifted or suspended; and

        (c)     if there is a risk of a person falling from a height, a safety harness is provided and worn by the person in order to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, injury to the person as a result of the fall; and

        (d)     means are provided by which the persons being lifted or suspended can safely exit from the plant in the event of a failure in its normal operation.

    (2)     This section does not apply to plant used in connection with—

        (a)     the performance of stunt work; or

        (b)     the performance of acrobatics; or

        (c)     theatrical performances.

Note     Pt 4.4 (except s 79) applies to the matters in s (2).