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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS 2011
241Annual inspection of amusement devices and passenger
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241 Annual inspection of amusement devices and passenger
ropeways
passenger ropeway at a workplace must ensure that a detailed
inspection of the device or ropeway is carried out at least once
every 12 months by a competent person.
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(2) An annual inspection must include the following:
(a) a check of information about the operational history of the
amusement device or passenger ropeway since the last
detailed inspection;
(b) a check of the log book for the amusement device or
passenger ropeway;
(c) a check that maintenance and inspections of the amusement
device or passenger ropeway have been undertaken under
regulation 240;
(d) a check that any required tests have been carried out, and
that appropriate records have been maintained;
(e) a detailed inspection of the amusement device or passenger
ropeway to ensure compliance with the Act and these
Regulations (including a specific inspection of the critical
components of the amusement device or passenger ropeway).
(3) The regulator may extend the date for an inspection by up to
35 days if an inspection is scheduled to coincide with the same
event each year.
(4) If the date is extended under subregulation (3), the new date is the
date from which future annual inspections of the amusement device
or passenger ropeway are determined.
(5) In this regulation, a competent person is a person who:
(a) in the case of an inflatable device (continuously blown) with a
platform height less than 9 metres – has acquired through
training, qualification or experience the knowledge and skills to
inspect the device; or
(b) in the case of any other amusement device or a passenger
ropeway:
(i) has acquired through training, qualification or experience
the knowledge and skills to inspect the plant; and
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(ii) is, or is eligible to be:
(A) registered on the National Professional Engineers
Register administered by Engineers Australia; or
(B) a member of Engineers Australia with the status of
Chartered Professional Engineer; or
(c) in the case of any amusement device or passenger ropeway –
is determined by the regulator to be a competent person.
(6) The regulator may, on the application of a person, make a
determination in relation to the person for the purposes of
subregulation (5)(c) if the regulator considers that exceptional
circumstances exist.
(7) An annual inspection carried out under and in accordance with an
equivalent provision of a corresponding WHS law is taken to be an
annual inspection for the purposes of this regulation.