Equipment (Public Safety) Amendment Regulations 2014

Equipment (Public Safety) Amendment Regulations 2014

S.R. No. 55/2014

table of provisions

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1Objective

2Authorising provision

3Commencement

4Principal Regulations

5Definitions

6New Schedule substituted

SCHEDULE—Prescribed Equipment Designs to be Notified

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Equipment (Public Safety) Amendment Regulations 2014

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:

Dated: 17 June 2014

Responsible Minister:

GORDON RICH-PHILLIPS

Assistant Treasurer

YVETTE CARISBROOKE

Clerk of the Executive Council

1Objective

The objective of these Regulations is to amend the Equipment (Public Safety) Regulations 2007—

(a)to amend the list of prescribed equipment designs that must be notified to the Authority; and

(b)update the reference to AS 2030—Gas cylinders.

2Authorising provision

These Regulations are made under section 36 of the Equipment (Public Safety) Act 1994.

3Commencement

These Regulations come into operation on 1 July 2014.

4Principal Regulations

In these Regulations, the Equipment (Public Safety) Regulations 2007[1] are called the Principal Regulations.

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5Definitions

In regulation 105(1) of the Principal Regulations, in the definition of AS 2030—Gas Cylinders—

(a) for paragraph (a) substitute—

"(a) AS 2030.1 Gas cylinders, Part 1: General requirements; and";

(b) in paragraph (c), for "insulated;"substitute"insulated; and";

"(d) AS 2030.5 Gas cylinders, Part 5: Filling, inspection and testing of refillable cylinders;".

6New Schedule substituted

For the Schedule to the Principal Regulations substitute—

"SCHEDULE

Regulation 801

Prescribed Equipment Designs to be Notified

1Pressure equipment, other than the following—

(a)pressurepiping;

(b)miniature boilers designed in accordance with the Australian Miniature Boiler Safety Committee Code Part 1, 2, 3 or 4, published by the Australian Miniature Boiler Safety Committee;

(c)gas cylinders or fired heaters, with a hazard level equivalent to hazard levelE as set out in AS 4343—Pressure equipment—Hazard levels.

2Tower cranes.

3Lifts, other than the following—

(a)platforms for raising or lowering stage performers and associated equipment;

(b)plant designed only to store vehicles in a designated parking facility.

4Building maintenance units.

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5Hoists, with a platform movement in excess of 2·4metres, designed to lift people.

6Work boxes suspended from cranes.

7Amusement structures to which AS3533.1—Amusement rides and devices—Part 1: Design and construction applies, other than the following—

(a)amusement structures determined by AS3533.1 to be class 1;

(b)amusement structures that are, or are intended to be, permanently installed and operated in playgrounds;

(c)water slides on which water facilitates users sliding easily, predominantly under gravity, along a static structure;

(d)water wave generators that prevent users from coming into contact with the machinery used to generate the waves;

(e)inflatable devices, unless they have a platform height (the height of the highest part of the device designed to support users) of at least 3 metres and rely on a supply of continuously blown air to maintain their shape;

(f)amusement structures that are specifically designed for a sporting, professional stunt, theatrical or acrobatic purpose or activity, including canoes operating on artificial currents;

(g)rides or devices that are used as a form of transport, including quad bikes and snow mobiles;

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(h)go-karts;

(i) parasailing equipment;

(j)coin or token operated devices that are intended to be ridden, at the one time, by not more than 4 children who must be below the age of 10 years.

8Prefabricated scaffolding.

9Boom-type elevating work platforms.

10Gantry cranes with a safe working load greater than 5tonnes or bridge cranes with a safe working load greater than 10 tonnes, and a gantry crane or a bridge crane which is designed to handle molten metal or dangerous goods.

11Vehicle hoists.

12Mast-climbing work platforms.

13Mobile cranes with a safe working load greater than 10tonnes.

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14Chairlifts, being aerial powered ropeways that incorporate either elevated open chairs or closed cabins (gondola-type).

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15Concrete-placing units (truck-mounted with boom).".

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[1] Reg. 4: S.R. No. 53/2007.

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Table of Applied, Adopted or Incorporated Matter

The following table of applied, adopted or incorporated matter is included in accordance with the requirements of regulation 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Regulations 2004.

In this table—

Principal Regulations means the Equipment (Public Safety) Regulations 2007.

Statutory rule provision / Title of applied, adopted or incorporated document / Matter in applied, adopted or incorporated document
Regulation 5, which amends the definition of AS 2030—Gas Cylindersin the Principal Regulations / AS 2030.1-2009, Gas cylinders, Part 1: General requirements, published by Standards Australia in 2009
AS 2030.2-1996, The verification, filling, inspection, testing and maintenance of cylinders for the storage and transport of compressed gases, Part 2: Cylinders for dissolved acetylene, published by Standards Australia in 1996, reissued in 2000 incorporating Amendment Nos 1 and 2 / The whole
Statutory rule provision / Title of applied, adopted or incorporated document / Matter in applied, adopted or incorporated document
AS 2030.4-1985, The verification, filling, inspection, testing and maintenance of cylinders for the storage and transport of compressed gases, Part 4: Welded cylinders—Insulated, published by Standards Australia in 1985, reissued in 1999 incorporating Amendment No. 1
AS 2030.5-2009, Gas cylinders, Part 5: Filling, inspection and testing of refillable cylinders, published by Standards Australia in 2009
Regulation 6, which substitutes the Schedule to the Principal Regulations / AMBSC Code Part 1,
Issue 7—2001, Copper boilers, published by the Australian Miniature Boiler Safety Committee in 2001
AMBSC Code Part 2,
Issue 4—1995, Steel boilers, published by the Australian Miniature Boiler Safety Committee in 1995
AMBSC Code Part 3,
Issue 1.0—2006, SubMiniature boilers, published by the Australian Miniature Boiler Safety Committee in 2006 / The whole
Statutory rule provision / Title of applied, adopted or incorporated document / Matter in applied, adopted or incorporated document
AMBSC Code Part 4,
Issue 1—2010, Duplex steel boilers, published by the Australian Miniature Boiler Safety Committee in 2010
Regulation 6, which substitutes the Schedule to the Principal Regulations / AS 3533.1-2009, Amusement rides and devices—Part1: Design and construction, published by Standards Australia in 2009, reissued in 2011 incorporating Amendment No. 1
AS 4343-2005, Pressure equipment—Hazard levels, 2nd edition published by Standards Australia in 2005 / The whole