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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS 2011
289Meaning of construction work
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289 Meaning of construction work
construction work means any work carried out in connection with
the construction, alteration, conversion, fitting-out, commissioning,
renovation, repair, maintenance, refurbishment, demolition,
decommissioning or dismantling of a structure.
(2) Without limiting subregulation (1), construction work includes the
(a) any installation or testing carried out in connection with an
activity referred to in subregulation (1);
(b) the removal from the workplace of any product or waste
resulting from demolition;
(c) the prefabrication or testing of elements, at a place specifically
established for the construction work, for use in construction
work;
(d) the assembly of prefabricated elements to form a structure, or
the disassembly of prefabricated elements forming part of a
structure;
(e) the installation, testing or maintenance of an essential service
in relation to a structure;
(f) any work connected with an excavation;
(g) any work connected with any preparatory work or site
preparation (including landscaping as part of site preparation)
carried out in connection with an activity referred to in
subregulation (1);
(h) an activity referred to in subregulation (1), that is carried out
on, under or near water, including work on buoys and
obstructions to navigation.
(3) In this Chapter, construction work does not include any of the
(a) the manufacture of plant;
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(b) the prefabrication of elements, other than at a place
specifically established for the construction work, for use in
construction work;
(c) the construction or assembly of a structure that once
constructed or assembled is intended to be transported to
another place;
(d) testing, maintenance or repair work of a minor nature carried
out in connection with a structure;
(e) mining or the exploration for or extraction of minerals.