45Prohibition of work near dwellings and certain places and sites

45 Prohibition of work near dwellings and certain places and sites

S. 45(1) amended by Nos 18/1997 s. 3(1)(a), 82/2000 s. 45(1)(a)
(b)(d).

(1) A licensee must not, except as provided by subsection (2), (4), (4A) or (4B) do any work under the licence—

(a) within 100 metres laterally of—

S. 45(1)(a)(i) amended by No. 63/2006 s. 33(2)(a).

(i) a dwelling house that existed before an approved work plan was registered in respect of the licence; or

S. 45(1)
(a)(ii)–(x) repealed by No. 63/2006 s. 33(2)(b).

S. 45(1)(a)(xi)
amended by Nos 93/1995
s. 218(1)
(Sch. 2 item 5.1), 18/1997
s. 3(1)(b), 93/1995
s. 218(2)
(Sch. 2 item 9.1), substituted by Nos 82/2000 s. 45(1)(c), 16/2006 s. 198(Sch. 2 item 5(5)), repealed by No. 10/2014 s. 23(1).

S. 45(1)(a)(xii)
substituted by Nos 82/2000 s. 45(1)(c), 63/2006 s. 33(2)(c), 16/2006 s. 198(Sch. 2 item 5(5)), repealed by No. 10/2014 s. 23(1).

S. 45(1)(a)(xiii)
inserted by No. 93/1995
s. 218(1)
(Sch. 2 item 5.2), repealed by No. 10/2014 s. 23(1).

(b) within 100 metres below any area prohibited by paragraph (a).

S. 45(1A) inserted by No. 82/2000 s. 45(2), amended by No. 14/2025 s. 46(1).

(1A) Despite subsection (1), a licensee may do any work prohibited by subsection (1) if the licensee is not required to obtain a permit for that work under section 42(7) or 42A.

S. 45(1B) inserted by No. 82/2000 s. 45(2), amended by No. 14/2025 s. 46(2).

(1B) Subsection (1A) applies regardless of whether the licensee has any of the consents referred to in subsection (2).

S. 45(2) substituted by No. 63/2006 s. 33(3).

(2) A licensee may, with the consent of the owners of the land on which a dwelling house is situated, do work within the area prohibited by subsection (1)(a)(i) in relation to that dwelling house or within 100 metres below that area.

S. 45(3) amended by Nos 93/1995 s. 218(1)(2) (Sch. 2 items 5.3, 9.2) (as amended by No. 66/1997 s. 10), 18/1997 s. 3(2), repealed by No. 82/2000 s. 45(3), new s. 45(3) inserted by No. 63/2006 s. 33(3).

(3) A consent given by any owner of land under subsection (2)—

(a) must be in writing and in the prescribed form (if any); and

(b) cannot be withdrawn by that owner or by any subsequent owner of the land; and

(c) binds all subsequent owners and occupiers of the land.

S. 45(4) repealed by No. 10/2014 s. 23(1).

S. 45(4A) inserted by No. 18/1997 s. 3(3), amended by No. 63/2006 s. 33(4), repealed by No. 10/2014 s. 23(1).