220Exception – Plant not specifically designed to lift or suspend a person

220 Exception – Plant not specifically designed to lift or suspend a person

(1)  For the purposes of regulation 219(3)(b) , the person with management or control of the plant at a workplace must ensure that –

(a) the persons are lifted or suspended in a work box that is securely attached to the plant; and

(b) the persons in the work box remain substantially within the work box while they are being lifted or suspended; and

(c) if there is a risk of a person falling from a height, a safety harness is provided and worn by the person in order to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, injury to the person as a result of the fall; and

(d) means are provided by which the persons being lifted or suspended can safely exit from the plant in the event of a failure in its normal operation.

(2)  This regulation does not apply to plant used in connection with –

(a) the performance of stunt work; or

(b) the performance of acrobatics; or

(c) theatrical performances.

| Note | | Part 4.4 (except regulation 79 ) applies to the matters in subregulation (2) . |