216Roll-over protection on tractors

216 Roll-over protection on tractors (1) The person with management or control of a tractor at a workplace must ensure that the tractor is not used unless it is securely fitted with a roll-over protective structure. (2) If a tractor is used in a place that is too low for the tractor to work while it is fitted with a roll-over protective structure, the structure may be lowered or removed for the period during which the tractor is used in such a situation (but only if other measures to minimise the risk of roll-over are in place). (3) This regulation does not apply if the tractor is: (a) installed in a fixed position, and in a manner which would no longer permit it to be used as powered mobile plant; or (b) a tractor with a mass of less than 560 kg or a mass of 15 000 kg or more; or (c) being used for a historical purpose or activity. historical purpose or activity, in relation to the use of a tractor, includes an activity ancillary to a historical activity. Examples for definition historical purpose of activity 1 Historical activity: a historical display, parade, demonstration or re-enactment. 2 Activity ancillary to a historical activity: restoring, maintaining, modifying or housing a tractor used, or to be used, for a historical activity.

Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Regulations 2011 169 roll-over protective structure means a structure designed to protect a tractor operator from injury if the tractor rolls over in any direction. Note for regulation 216 Regulations 214 and 215 also apply to a tractor.