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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS 2011
142Notice of demolition work
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142 Notice of demolition work
(1) Subject to subregulation (4), a person conducting a business or
undertaking who proposes to carry out any of the following
demolition work must ensure that written notice is given to the
regulator in accordance with this regulation at least 5 days before
the work commences:
(a) demolition of a structure, or a part of a structure that is load
bearing or otherwise related to the physical integrity of the
structure, that is at least 6 m in height;
(b) demolition work involving load shifting machinery on a
suspended floor;
(c) demolition work involving explosives.
Notes for subregulation (1)
(2) The notice must be given in the manner and form required by the
(3) Subregulation (4) applies to an emergency service organisation in
relation to demolition work carried out or proposed to be carried out
by an emergency service worker at the direction of the emergency
service organisation responding to an emergency.
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(4) An emergency service organisation must give notice under
subregulation (1) as soon as practicable (whether before or after
the work is carried out).
(5) In this regulation a reference to the height of a structure is a
reference to the height of the structure measured from the lowest
level of the ground immediately adjacent to the base of the
structure at the point at which the height is to be measured to its
highest point.
Division 2 Licensing of demolition work