142Notice of demolition work

142 Notice of demolition work

(1)  Subject to subregulation (4) , a person conducting a business or undertaking who proposes to carry out 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 loadbearing or otherwise related to the physical integrity of the structure, that is at least 6 metres in height;

(b) demolition work involving load shifting machinery on a suspended floor;

(c) demolition work involving explosives.

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) an individual, a fine not exceeding $1 250; or

(b) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding $6 000.

| Note | | See section 268 of the Act for offences relating to the giving of false or misleading information under the Act or these regulations. |

(2)  The notice must be given in the manner and form required by the regulator.

(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 in responding to an emergency.

(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.