482 (1, ue n IIut4 ANNO VICESIMO ELIZAEETHAE SECUNDAE REGINAE No. 31 of 1971 An Act to provide with respect to the safety and welfare of persons engaged in construction work and other work associated therewith and of members of the public in respect of danger from such work and for other purposes. . [ASSENTED TO 27TH APRIL, 1971] BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- PART I-PRELIMINARY 1. Short title and commencement . (1) This Act may be cited as the Construction Safety Act 1971. (2) This Act other than this section shall come into operation on a date to be appointed by the Governor in Council by Proclamation published in the Gazette. 2. Repeals. The Acts specified in the- first column of the Schedule are repealed to the extent specified in the third column of the Schedule.
Construction Safety Act 1971, No. 31 483 3. Savings . (1) The person who at the date of commencement of this Act holds the appointment of Chief Inspector of Scaffolding for the purposes of any of the Acts repealed by this Act shall on and from that date hold the appointment of Chief Inspector of Construction Work for the purposes of this Act until he duly vacates it or is duly removed therefrom. (2) A person who at the date of commencement of this Act- (a) holds the appointment of Inspector of Scaffolding for the purposes of any of the Acts repealed by this Act shall on and from that date hold the appointment of Inspector of Construction Work for the purposes of this Act until he duly vacates it or is duly removed therefrom; (b) holds any other appointment for the purposes of any of the Acts repealed by this Act shall on and from that date hold that appointment for the purposes of this Act until he duly vacates it or is duly removed therefrom. (3) A licence issued by the Chief Inspector in respect of any occupation pursuant to section 13c of The Inspection of Scaffolding Acts 1915 to 1966 that subsists at the date of commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be a certificate of competency issued by the Chief Inspector pursuant to section 52 of this Act in respect of that occupation and the holder of the licence shall be deemed to be the holder of a certificate of competency accordingly. 4. Application of Act. (1) Save as is otherwise provided in this section, this Act applies to and in relation to all construction work, and all persons engaged therein, or asscciated therewith in a manner prescribed. (2) This Act does not apply to or in relation to construction work, or persons engaged therein, or associated therewith- (a) in or about a mine to which the Mines Regulation Act1964-1968 or the Coal…