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Work Health and Safety Regulations 2011
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236 Lifts
(1) The person with management or control of a lift at a workplace (including a person with management or control of maintenance of a lift) must ensure that:
(a) if there is a risk of a person falling down a lift well:
(i) secure barriers are provided to prevent access to openings into the lift well by someone other than a person who is performing work in the lift well; and
(ii) secure working platforms or equivalent arrangements are provided for a person who is working in the lift well to prevent a fall from height; and
(b) if there is a risk to a person working in a lift well from objects falling onto that person—a secure barrier is provided to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, falling objects from striking the person or otherwise causing a risk.
Note: Section 12F of the Act provides that strict liability applies to each physical element of each offence under the Act, unless otherwise stated. The reference in section 12F of the Act includes these Regulations.
(2) The person must ensure that there is a safe means of entry to and exit from the base of the lift well.
Note: Section 12F of the Act provides that strict liability applies to each physical element of each offence under the Act, unless otherwise stated. The reference in section 12F of the Act includes these Regulations.
(3) The person must ensure that there is fixed, in a prominent place in the lift, a sign that states the safe working load specified in the design of the lift.
Note: Section 12F of the Act provides that strict liability applies to each physical element of each offence under the Act, unless otherwise stated. The reference in section 12F of the Act includes these Regulations.