Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 306G

306G Travel restraint system as control measure

(1) A travel restraint system used as a control measure must—

(a) be installed by a competent person; and

(b) have an anchorage point with a capacity to withstand any load that could be exerted on it in the normal operation of the system to restrain any person who may reasonably be expected to use the system.

(2) A person conducting a business or undertaking must not use, or allow another person to use, the system unless the person who is to use the system has been trained in the safe and correct use of the system.

(3) A person conducting a business or undertaking must not use, or allow another person to use, a component of the system that shows evidence of wear or weakness to an extent that may affect the system’s safety.

(4) A person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure that, at least once every 6 months, a competent person—

(a) inspects the system; and

(b) gives the person a written record of the inspection.

(5) A person conducting a business or undertaking must keep the record for the lesser of the following—

(a) 4 years;

(b) the life of the system.