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Occupational Health and Safety (Safety Standards) Regulations 1994
Sch 6Types of plant
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Schedule 6 Types of plant
(paragraph 4.19 (2) (a), subregulations 4.40 (1), 4.47 (1), 4.49 (1), 4.51 (1) and 4.56 (1))
Part 1 Plant requiring registration or notification of design
| Item | Description of plant |
| ---- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 1 | Pressure equipment, other than pressure piping, that has a hazard level of A, B, C or D, determined in accordance with AS 4343‑1999 ‘Pressure equipment – Hazard levels’ and specifically covered by the standard mentioned in item 1 of Schedule 5 |
| 2 | Gas cylinders covered by the standards mentioned in item 4 of Schedule 5 |
| 3 | Tower cranes1 |
| 4 | Building maintenance units |
| 5 | Hoists, with a platform movement in excess of 2.4 metres, designed to lift people1 |
| 6 | Work boxes suspended from cranes |
| 7 | Amusement structures covered by the standard mentioned in item 6 of Schedule 5, other than class 1 structures |
| 8 | Prefabricated scaffolding |
| 9 | Boom‑type elevating work platforms |
| 10 | Gantry crane1:(a) with a safe working load greater than 5 tonnes; or(b) designed to handle molten metal or dangerous good2 |
| 11 | Bridge cranes1:(a) with a safe working load of greater than 10 tonnes; or(b) designed to handle molten metal or dangerous goods2. |
| 12 | Vehicle hoists1 |
| 13 | Mast climbing work platforms1 |
| 14 | Mobile cranes with a safe working load greater than 10 tonnes1 |
Part 2 Plant requiring a licence
| Item | Description of plant |
| ---- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 1 | Boilers:(a) that have a hazard level of A, B or C determined in accordance with AS 4343‑1999 ‘Pressure equipment – Hazard levels’; and(b) are specifically covered by the standard mentioned in item 1 of Schedule 5 |
| 2 | Pressure vessels:(a) that have a hazard level of A, B or C, determined in accordance with AS 4343‑1999 ‘Pressure equipment – Hazard levels’; and(b) are specifically covered by the standard mentioned in item 1 of Schedule 5, other than:(i) gas cylinders mentioned in the standard mentioned in item 4 of Schedule 5; and(ii) LP gas fuel vessels for automotive use mentioned in AS/NZS 3509:2003 ‘LP gas fuel vessels for automotive use’; and(iii) serially produced pressure vessels mentioned in AS 2971:2002 ‘Serially Produced Pressure Vessels’ |
| 3 | Tower cranes1 |
| 4 | Building maintenance units |
| 5 | Amusement structures covered by the standard mentioned in item 6 of Schedule 5, other than class 1 structures |
| 6 | Truck‑mounted concrete placing units with booms1 |
| 7 | Mobile cranes with a safe working load greater than 10 tonnes1 |
> Note 1 For the purposes of licensing, cranes and hoists in Schedule 6 exclude those that are manually powered, elevating work platforms or tow trucks.
> Note 2 Dangerous goods means dangerous goods as defined in the ADG Code.