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.

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) an individual, a fine not exceeding $6 000; or

(b) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding $30 000.

(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 kilograms or a mass of 15 000 kilograms or more; or

(c) being used for a historical purpose or activity.

(4)  In this regulation –

historical purpose or activity, in relation to the use of a tractor, includes an activity ancillary to a historical activity;

| Examples | | 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. |

roll-over protective structure means a structure designed to protect a tractor operator from injury if the tractor rolls over in any direction.

| Note | | Regulations 214 and 215 also apply to a tractor. |