Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 608R

608R Content

(1) The operator of a major amusement park must prepare the amusement device safety case in accordance with the safety case outline prepared or altered under this part.

(2) An amusement device safety case must contain the following—

(a) a summary of the identification conducted under section 608K , including a list of all amusement device incidents and amusement device hazards identified;

(b) a summary of the safety assessment conducted under section 608L ;

(c) a summary of the park’s amusement device emergency plan;

(d) a summary of the park’s safety management system;

(e) relevant information about each amusement device at the park;

(f) a summary of arrangements for annual inspections under section 241 of amusement devices at the park;

(g) a summary of arrangements for major inspections under section 241A of amusement devices at the park;

(h) a summary of arrangements for maintenance, inspection and testing of amusement devices at the park;

(i) a summary of the instruction and training given, or to be given, by the operator under section 238 and the way a person is decided to be a competent person to operate the device;

(j) a summary of the instruction and training given, or to be given, by the operator to a person who maintains, inspects or tests an amusement device at the park;

(k) a summary of arrangements for log books kept for amusement devices at the park under section 242 ;

(l) a summary of arrangements for the security of the park;

(m) a description of the consultation with workers under section 608ZB in the preparation of the amusement device safety case;

(n) a summary of how the operator proposes to monitor the effectiveness of the amusement device safety case.

(3) The amusement device safety case must include any further information necessary to ensure that all information contained in the safety case is accurate and up-to-date.

(4) An amusement device safety case must demonstrate—

(a) the park’s safety management system will, once implemented, so far as is reasonably practicable, control risks arising from amusement device incidents and amusement device hazards; and

(b) the adequacy of the measures to be implemented by the operator to control risks associated with the occurrence of amusement device incidents.

(5) The operator must include in the amusement device safety case a signed statement that—

(a) the information contained in the amusement device safety case is accurate and up-to-date; and

(b) as a consequence of conducting the safety assessment, the operator has a detailed understanding of all aspects of risk to health and safety associated with amusement device incidents that may occur; and

(c) the control measures to be implemented by the operator—

(i) will eliminate the risk of an amusement device incident occurring, so far as is reasonably practicable; and

(ii) if it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate the risk of an amusement device incident occurring—will minimise the risk so far as is reasonably practicable; and

(iii) if an amusement device incident occurs—will minimise its magnitude and the severity of its health and safety consequences so far as is reasonably practicable; and

(d) all persons to be involved in the implementation of the safety management system have the knowledge and skills necessary to enable each person to carry out their role safely and competently.

(6) If the operator is a body corporate, the amusement device safety case must be signed by the most senior executive officer of the body corporate.

(7) In this section—

"relevant information" , about an amusement device, means all of the following—

(a) the name of the amusement device;

(b) the manufacturer of the amusement device;

(c) the class of the amusement device under section 2.1 of AS 3533 ;

(d) the plant design registration number of the device (if any) issued by the regulator;

(e) if known, the year the amusement device was manufactured or first commissioned.