Utilities (Water Restrictions) Regulation 2002 (ACT)
Scaffolding and Lifts Regulation 1950
made under the
Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1912
Republication No 5
Effective: 1 October 2009
Republication date: 1 October 2009
Last amendment made by A2009‑28
About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Scaffolding and Lifts Regulation 1950, made under the Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1912 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 1 October 2009. It also includes any amendment, repeal or expiry affecting the republished law to 1 October 2009.
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4.
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(b)if the person charged is a corporation—$500.
Scaffolding and Lifts Regulation 1950
made under the
Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1912
Contents
Page
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Name of regulation 2
2 Dictionary 2
3 Notes 2
4 Plates, figures and sketches 2
5 2
6 3
7 4
Part 2 Qualifications, powers and duties of the chief inspector and inspectors
11 5
13 5
14 6
Part 4 Lifts
Division 4.1 Interpretation
16 7
Division 4.2 Design, construction and erection of lifts
Permit to erect or alter lifts
17 7
Safe working load of a lift
18 8
Construction
19 9
20 9
21 9
Car loading automatic passenger lifts
22 10
Supporting structures and machine rooms
23 10
Overruns
24 11
Stops and buffers
25 12
Permanent stops
26 13
Pits
27 13
Enclosures
28 14
Enclosure doors
29 14
Clearance in wells
30 15
Ropes and sheaves
31 16
Lift cars
32 17
Car gates
33 18
Lighting and ventilation of cars
34 19
Safety gear
35 19
Machines
36 20
Counterweight
37 21
Guides
38 21
Electrical equipment
39 21
Car switch
40 22
Limit gear
41 22
Slack cable device
42 23
Safety gear switch
43 23
Stop button
44 23
Signal call system
45 24
Hydraulic equipment
46 24
Escalators
47 25
Trusses or girders
48 25
Track arrangement
49 25
Angle of inclination
50 26
Balustrading
51 26
Treads and landings
52 26
Power unit
53 26
Chains
54 27
Automatic brakes
55 27
Starting switch and stop button
56 27
Safety devices
57 27
Reverse phase relay
58 28
Machine room
59 28
Construction of conveyors
60 28
Electrical installation
61 29
Control
62 29
Enclosures
63 29
Provision for maintenance
64 30
No persons permitted to travel
65 30
Load notice
66 30
Division 4.3 Maintenance of lifts
67 30
Division 4.4 Use of lifts
68 32
Change of ownership
69 32
70 33
71 33
72 33
Part 5 Safeguards and measures to be taken for securing the safety and health of persons engaged in building work
Division 5.1 General
73 34
74 38
Fencing of floors, landings, stairways and the like
75 38
Division 5.2 Constructing, erecting, adding to, altering, repairing, finishing, painting and cleaning buildings and structures
Stability of walls
77 40
Protection in liftwells and stairwells
78 40
Temporary ramps
79 40
Provision and use of ladders and stepladders
80 41
Cleaning and maintenance of roof monitors, gutters, windows, louvres and ventilators
81 45
Window cleaning
82 46
Spray painting
83 59
Division 5.3 Demolition of buildings and structures
84 64
Part 6 The proper design, construction, erection and use of scaffolding
85 Definitions for pt 6 67
General
86 68
Construction of single and independent pole scaffolding
87 72
Cantilever scaffolding
88 87
Bracket scaffolding
89 89
Suspended scaffolding
90 93
Light swinging stages
91 100
Boatswain’s chairs
92 105
Scaffolding for use on ships in dock or on slips
93 107
Runs and ramps
94 111
Part 7 Safeguards and measures to be taken for securing the safety and health of persons engaged in excavation work
Division 7.1 General
95 113
Division 7.2 Cofferdams and caissons
96 116
Division 7.3 Trenches
97 117
Division 7.4 Shafts, wells and tunnels
98 119
Part 8 Safeguards and measures to be taken for securing the safety and health of persons engaged in compressed air work
Division 8.1 Diving
99 121
Division 8.2 Tunnelling
100 137
Division 8.3 Caissons
101 150
Part 9A Explosive-powered tools—safety measures
Application and interpretation
118A 163
Operators of explosive-powered tools
118B 164
General requirements for explosive-powered tools and projectiles
118C 164
Inspection and repair of explosive-powered tools
118D 165
Use of explosive-powered tools
118E 167
Care and storage of explosive-powered tools and cartridges
118F 171
Protective devices
118G 172
Warning notices
118H 172
Part 10 Measures to be taken for securing the health of persons in building work, excavation work and compressed air work by provision of first-aid equipment, shelter, change and dining accommodation, sanitary conveniences and washing facilities
Division 10.1 First-aid equipment
119 174
Division 10.2 Shelter, change and dining accommodation
120 180
Division 10.3 Sanitary conveniences and washing facilities
121 183
Part 11 Basic requirements about design and construction, erection, use, maintenance, inspection and testing with particular reference to cranes, lifts, hoists, scaffolding and plant
122 186
Wind loads
123 197
Horizontal forces (other than those due to wind)
124 201
Dynamic and repealed loadings
125 202
Maximum permissible stresses
126 203
General
127 226
Stability
128 259
Test loads
129 263
Mechanical
130 264
Materials
131 283
Fencing—general
132 287
Jointers
132A 289
Electrical
133 289
Stiff-leg derrick cranes
134 296
Caterpillar cranes and mobile cranes
135 299
Gravity operated overwinding limit devices
Electrical
136 301
Fork-lift trucks
137 303
Commercial type hoists
138 305
Tower hoists for constructional, building, demolition, or excavation works
139 307
Whip or sheerleg hoists for constructional, building, demolition, or excavation works
140 315
Part 12 Plant and gear
General
141 318
Ladders
Definitions
142 318
Chain for use in connection with cranes, lifts, hoists, scaffolding, plant, gear, or building work, excavation work, or compressed air work
143 338
Steel wire ropes for use in connection with cranes, lifts, hoists, scaffolding, plant, gear, or building work, excavation work, or compressed air work
144 351
Fibre rope for use in connection with cranes, lifts, hoists, scaffolding, plant, gear, or building work, excavation work, or compressed air work
145 389
Airlocks
146 393
Bordeaux connections
147 393
Sockets for wire ropes
148 393
Thimbles for wire and fibre rope
149 393
Steel eye bolts
150 394
Mild steel rigging screws, and stretching screws and turnbuckles
151 394
Mild steel shackles
152 394
Rings, links alternative to rings, egg links and Intermediate links
153 395
Handrails
154 395
Rope clips
155 396
Gin blocks used with fibre rope
156 396
Lift boxes
157 397
Part 13 Precautions and measures to be taken for securing the safety of persons in connection with roofs sheathed with asbestos cement or other brittle material
158 399
Part 16 Miscellaneous and penalties
General penalty
164 407
Schedule 3 Method of treatment of silica paint for the purpose of ascertaining the percentage of free silica present 408
Schedule 4 Processes to which s 73 (1) (o) applies 409
Schedule 5 Method of treatment of a lead compound for the purpose of determining the percentage of dry compound of lead 410
Schedule 7 411
Schedule 8 Medical standards and examination report for compressed air workers 441
Schedule 9 Symptoms and treatment of compressed air illness 444
Dictionary446
Endnotes
1 About the endnotes 452
2 Abbreviation key 452
3 Legislation history 453
4 Amendment history 457
5 Earlier republications 468
Scaffolding and Lifts Regulation 1950
made under the
Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1912
Part 1Preliminary
1Name of regulation
This regulation is the Scaffolding and Lifts Regulation 1950.
2Dictionary
The dictionary at the end of this regulation is part of this regulation.
Note 1The dictionary at the end of this regulation defines certain terms used in this regulation, and includes references (signpost definitions) to other terms defined elsewhere in this regulation.
For example, the signpost definition ‘cantilever scaffolding—see section 85.’ means that the term ‘cantilever scaffolding’ is defined in that section.
Note 2A definition in the dictionary (including a signpost definition) applies to the entire regulation unless the definition, or another provision of the regulation, provides otherwise or the contrary intention otherwise appears (see Legislation Act, s 155 and s 156 (1)).
3Notes
A note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of this regulation.
NoteSee the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.
4Plates, figures and sketches
Any plates, figures or sketches shown in this regulation and to which reference is made in the text should not be construed as specifications but should be considered as types for information or guidance only in construction.
5
If the chief inspector is satisfied that for any particular class or description of crane, lift, hoist, scaffolding, plant or gear, or roof sheathed or intended to be sheathed with asbestos cement or other brittle material or of any special description or method of building work, excavation work, or compressed air work, the application of any requirement of this regulation relating to safety or health is, in any class or description of circumstances, not necessary in the interests of safety or health or is not reasonably practicable, the chief inspector may by written certificate (which the chief inspector may at the chief inspector’s discretion revoke at any time) grant an exemption from that requirement for that class of description of crane, lift, hoist, scaffolding, plant or gear, or roof sheathed with asbestos cement or other brittle material or of that special description or method of building work, excavation work or compressed air work in the circumstances and subject to the conditions that may be specified in the certificate.
6
(1)If the obligation to observe any of the provisions of this regulation is not by this regulation specifically imposed on any person it is the obligation of every person who directly or by his or her servants or agents—
(a)carries out any building work, excavation work or compressed air work; or
(b)designs, constructs, erects, sets up or builds, or sets or places in position, works, uses, tests or maintains any crane, lift, hoist, scaffolding, plant or gear, or roof sheathed or intended to be sheathed with asbestos cement or other brittle material;
to comply with the provisions of this regulation.
(2)A person must not directly or by his or her servants or agents use any crane, lift, hoist, scaffolding, plant or gear, unless it has been classified, designed, constructed, erected, set up, built or set or placed in position, and installed, and unless the person uses and maintains it, in accordance with the provisions of this regulation.
7
Every person must use the safeguards given and provided in accordance with this regulation and a person must not interfere detrimentally in any way with the use of the safeguards by any other person, nor with the use of any safeguard method or process.
Part 2Qualifications, powers and duties of the chief inspector and inspectors
11
A person must not falsely pretend to be an inspector.
13
An inspector has the power to—
(a)conduct prosecutions whether the information is laid in the inspector’s name or not; and
(b)attend and examine witnesses at any inquest into the cause of the death of any person following on an accident arising from the construction, erection, setting up or building or setting or placing in position, installation, alteration, working or use of any crane, gear, hoist, lift, plant, scaffolding or part of it, or occurring in relation to any building work, excavation work or compressed air work or any roof sheathed with asbestos cement or other brittle material; and
(c)direct the owner of, or person in charge or apparently in charge of any crane, lift, hoist, scaffolding, plant or gear, or the contractor or person in charge or apparently in charge of any building work, excavation work or compressed air work, to take the measures and provide the equipment and assistance that the inspector may require to facilitate any inspection, and the person must forthwith carry out the directions.
14
An inspector may require the production of any certificate or permit that by the Act or this regulation is required to be held by any person or require the production of any notice, record or document that is by the Act or by this regulation required to be kept or exhibited and to inspect, examine and copy it.
Part 4Lifts
Division 4.1 Interpretation
16
(1)In this part:
conveyor means a lift so arranged that goods are raised or lowered by means of an endless belt or chain or by fittings attached to the lift, in an inclined or vertical direction.
safety gear means a mechanical device or mechanism attached to the underside of a lift car that on operation will stop and sustain the car independently of the lifting ropes.
service lift means a lift the car of which has a floor area of not more than 9 square feet and a height of not more than 4 feet, used to carry goods only, and controlled from without the lift-well, and also includes any lift certified by the chief inspector to be a service lift.
S.A.A. Lift Code
(2)The provisions of Code No C.A. 3—1947 published by Standards Australia entitled ‘Australian Standard Rules for the Design, Installation, Testing and Operation of Lifts and Escalators’ apply to any matter or thing not provided for in this regulation.
Division 4.2 Design, construction and erection of lifts
Permit to erect or alter lifts
17
(1)No person shall erect or alter a lift without first obtaining a permit from the chief inspector.
(2)The applicant for a permit to erect a lift shall lodge with the chief inspector a description and plans of the lift that includes particulars of the machine, control, operating and safety devices, size and construction of car, and a general layout showing the size of the motor room and means of access to it, supports for the machine and guides, the overruns, the pit and the lift-well enclosures, and shall specify the maximum load that the lift is designed to carry and the rated speed of the lift.
(3)The applicant for a permit to alter a lift shall lodge a description and particulars of the proposed alterations.
(4)The description and plans shall be filed in the office of the chief inspector.
(5)Before granting a permit the chief inspector may require any alterations in the design to be made that appear to the chief inspector to be necessary for the safe working of the lift or to ensure compliance with this regulation.
(6)Every lift shall be erected in accordance with the description and plans submitted to and approved by the chief inspector and in accordance with any direction endorsed on the permit and in conformity with this regulation.
Safe working load of a lift
18
(1)The safe working load specified in the permit to erect or alter a lift shall be the safe working load of the lift.
(2)The chief inspector may by written notice served on the owner vary the safe working load of any lift and the safe working load as varied shall then be the safe working load of the lift until revoked or further varied by the chief inspector.
(3)The notice stating the safe working load required to be exhibited under section 70 may state a safe working load less than the safe working load as determined under this section.
(4)The notice stating the safe working load required to be exhibited in the car of a passenger lift shall state the maximum number of people to be carried, which number shall not be greater than the safe working load in pounds divided by 150.
(5)The notice stating the safe working load required to be exhibited in relation to lifts other than passenger lifts must state the load in pounds.
Construction
19
Every lift and every part of it shall be of sound material, good construction, adequate strength, free from patent defects and be suitable and safe for the purpose for which it is intended.
20
All work performed and all machines, equipment and material used in connection with any lift shall be subject to the approval of the chief inspector, who shall, as often as it appears to the chief inspector necessary, cause them to be inspected and tested.
21
No person other than a person engaged on the erection, or alteration of a lift, shall work, use or interfere with the lift until the lift has been approved by an inspector for general use.
Car loading automatic passenger lifts
22
(1)Every passenger lift being an automatic lift shall be designed and constructed on the basis of a load of not less than 75 pounds per square foot of net car or platform floor area.
(2)The chief inspector may exempt from the operation of this section any lift designed to carry beds, stretchers or invalid chairs in a hospital or similar institution, or any lift with a car floor area not exceeding 9 square feet.
Supporting structures and machine rooms
23
(1)The supporting structure of every lift shall be designed and constructed in accordance with part 11.
(2)The machine, control mechanism and all parts of the equipment of every lift, other than those parts that must necessarily be placed elsewhere to effectively perform their functions shall be housed in a machine room.
(3)The area and height of the machine room shall be adequate to permit of free and safe access for purposes of inspection and maintenance of all parts of the machine and lift equipment located in it, and the machine room shall be adequately illuminated and ventilated and shall be provided with safe and convenient means of access.
(4)Every entrance to the machine room shall be provided with a door.
(5)Every door to the machine room shall be provided with a lock that can be opened from outside the room only by the use of a key.
(6)If the door locks on closing, it shall be of a type that does not require a key to unlock it from within the machine room.
(7)If lift machine room equipment is situatedd on more than 1 floor, effective means of switching off the power shall be provided at each floor.
Overruns
24
(1)The overrun provided for a car and for a counterweight of any lift other than for a service lift, shall be not less than that specified in table 24:
Table 24
Car Counterweight top overrun bottom overrun top overrun (with car landed) rated speed
in feet per/mintraction drive drum drive traction drive drum drive traction drive drum drive ft. in. ft. in. ft. in. ft. in. ft. in. ft. in. 0 to 100 3 0 4 0 1 6 1 6 1 6 3 0 101 to 200 3 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 6 3 0 201 to 300 4 0 5 4 2 6 2 6 2 0 4 0 301 to 400 5 0 . . 3 0 . . 2 6 . . 401 to 500 6 0 . . 3 6 . . 3 0 . . 501 to 600 7 0 . . 4 0 . . 3 6 . . (2)The top and bottom overrun for the car and the counterweight of any service lift shall be that specified in table 24 except that the bottom overrun of a car shall be 12 inches.
(3)The bottom overrun for the counterweight of a traction-drive lift when the car floor is level with the top landing shall not be greater than 1/2 of the top overrun provided for the car.
(4)The final limit gear of the lift shall operate before the counterweight lands.
(5)The bottom overrun for the counterweight of a drum-drive lift when the car floor is level with the top landing shall not be greater than 1/4 of the top overrun provided for the lift car.
(6)The final limit gear of the lift shall operate before the counterweight lands.
Stops and buffers
25
(1)Approved stops or buffers of the type prescribed table 25 as appropriate to the running speed of the lift car or counterweight shall be provided for the car and counterweight of all lifts other than service lifts.
Table 25
running speed of car or
counterweighttype of stop or buffer not exceeding 100 feet/min solid stops, spring buffers, oil buffers or impact-absorbing stops exceeding 100 feet/min, but
not exceeding 200 feet/minspring buffers or oil buffers exceeding 200 feet/min oil buffers
(2)Buffers so provided shall comply with the following requirements:
(a)spring buffers—springs for buffers shall be so designed that they will not take a permanent set on absorbing the energy of the fully loaded car at governor-operating speed; and
(b)oil buffers—the minimum total stroke of oil buffers shall be based on an average retardation of 32.2 feet per second per second, based on the governor-operating speed, and the maximum retardation based on the governor-operating speed shall not be in excess of 80.5 feet per second per second (21/2 times gravity retardation).
(3)Effective means shall be provided for readily ascertaining the adequacy of the oil supply.
(4)Provision shall be made, by fitting a spring or by other suitable means, for taking the initial impact between the car or counterweight and the buffer.
Permanent stops
26
The final obstruction at the top and bottom of every lift-well shall ensure that in the event of an overwind the car and counterweight will remain in their guides with the car floor and the horizontal faces of the counterweight level.
Pits
27
(1)The wells of all lifts shall continue to solid earth except in the circumstances and subject to the conditions that the chief inspector may approve.
(2)The pits of all lifts shall be constructed to remain dry and shall be provided with safe and convenient means of access.
(3)Suitable means of access and lighting to permit of safe and efficient maintenance of safety gear shall be provided.
(4)The pits of all lifts other than service lifts shall be of sufficient depth to provide the overrun specified in section 24 and in addition a clearance of not less than 24 inches between the underside of the car platform and the floor of the pit when the car is landed with the buffers fully compressed.
Enclosures
28
(1)All liftwells shall be completely enclosed from the bottom of the pit to the underside of the overhead supporting beams with approved material of adequate strength.
(2)All windows in lift-well enclosures shall be closed and fixed.
(3)All windows and openings accessible from fire-escapes, stairways, platforms, adjacent roofs and those on ground floors and basement levels as well as any window up to a height of 20 feet and opening on to a public place, cartway or yard or similar area shall be barred or otherwise permanently protected.
Enclosure doors
29
(1)Every enclosure door of every automatic lift other than a service lift shall be provided with 2 separate electromechanical interlocks each arranged to electrically and mechanically interlock the enclosure door with the control of the lift.
(2)If latches are used they shall be of a design that will prevent fingers projecting through the latch hole and the latch shall be clear of the door surrounds when the door is fully open.
(3)These electromechanical interlocks shall ensure that—
(a)the car cannot move or continue in motion unless every enclosure door is closed and locked.
(4)For subsection (3) (a), an enclosure door may be considered locked if complete locking occurs within the period that the car takes to move 9 inches from the landing on which the enclosure door is situated.
(5)Each enclosure door may only be unlocked and opened when the car is stationary and its floor is level with the landing or within 9 inches of it at which the enclosure door is situated or the car is within the control of the levelling device at that landing.
(6)Every enclosure door of every lift other than an automatic lift shall be provided with an electromechanical interlock that shall ensure that the car cannot move or continue in motion unless every enclosure door is closed and locked and that the enclosure door can only be unlocked from the car.
(7)Every enclosure door of every service lift shall be interlocked with the control so that the car cannot move or continue in motion unless every enclosure door is closed and locked and so that the enclosure doors can only be opened when the car floor is level with the landing or within 9 inches of the landing on which the enclosure door is situated.
(8)For this section, an enclosure door may be considered locked if complete locking occurs within the period that the car takes to move 9 inches from the landing on which the enclosure door is situated.
(9)Except for a lift fitted with both power-operated doors and a position-indicating device, every enclosure door of an automatic lift shall be provided with a panel, not less than 1 square foot in area, through which the car may be clearly seen from the landings.
Clearance in wells
30
(1)Adequate clearances shall be provided for the car and counterweight in every lift-well.
(2)Piping, conduit, or other equipment not forming part of the lift installation shall not be installed in a lift-well, except with the approval of the chief inspector.
Ropes and sheaves
31
(1)Flexible steel or iron wire ropes shall be used for the lifting, governor and compensating ropes of all lifts, and the ropes shall not be spliced for purposes of repair or extension.
(2)Chains shall not be used for suspending cars or counterweights of lifts.
(3)The minimum number of lifting ropes for cars and counterweights of lifts, other than service lifts, shall be 2 for drum-drive lifts and hydraulic lifts and 3 for all other types.
(4)The factor of safety for lifting ropes shall not be less than 10.
(5)The minimum diameter of suspension ropes for cars and counterweights shall be 3/8 of an inch except for service lifts where the minimum diameter shall be 1/4 of an inch.
(6)The ratio of the diameter of any drum or sheave to the diameter of the rope used on it shall be not less than—
(a)45:1 for passenger or goods lifts; and
(b)40:1 for service lifts; and
(c)38:1 for compensating ropes; and
(d)25:1 for governor ropes.
(7)All drums and sheaves shall be grooved to correctly embrace the ropes, and to prevent any overriding or jamming.
(8)Lifting ropes shall be effectively anchored to drums and not less than 11/2 turns of each rope shall remain on a drum when the lift car or counterweight has landed.
(9)If compensating ropes are used, provisions shall be made for automatically stopping the lift in the event of the compensating sheave rising or falling beyond predetermined limits.
(10)If 2:1 roping is used provision shall be made to prevent the ropes leaving their correct grooves, and the sheaves on the car shall be effectively guarded and a convenient handhold provided.
Lift cars
32
(1)Steel shall be used for the bow, side members, safety gear bearers and platform frames for the car of every lift, other than a service lift.
(2)The bow of every service lift shall be strapped to the car floor with steel.
(3)Every passenger lift car shall have a roof that covers the whole area of the car, and the cars of goods lifts shall have a roof when so directed by an inspector.
(4)The roof of every lift car shall be constructed to provide a sound, flat surface of as large an area as practicable and affording a firm foothold, and shall be of adequate strength to support safely the weight of the workers that might go on it and any equipment required to be placed on it.
(5)Glass shall not be used in car roofs.
(6)The roof of every lift car other than a service lift shall be provided with a hinged panel, capable, if necessary, of being raised from inside or outside the car and when partly or fully opened shall not foul any enclosure or fitting in the lift-well.
(7)The panel opening to be of such size as to permit the easy ingress or egress of a man.
(8)The hinged panels on automatic lifts shall be electrically and mechanically interlocked with the control of the lift.
(9)The roof of every service lift car shall be set back not less than 6 inches from the line of the car floor nosing, or for such distance the roof shall be in the form of a hinged flap capable of lifting.
(10)The sides of every lift car shall extend from the car floor to the car roof.
(11)If a roof is not provided to the car of a goods lift, the sides shall be of the height that an inspector may direct but shall not be less than 6 feet in height, and adjacent to the counterweight shall not be less than the height of the car bow.
(12)Plain glass shall not be used in lift cars other than for covering notices and indicators.
(13)Lamps and lamp fittings shall be of adequate strength and security to withstand the operation of the safety gear without damage.
Car gates
33
(1)A gate or door affording adequate protection and electrically interlocked with the control shall be provided across every car entrance of—
(a)every automatic lift other than a service lift; and
(b)every passenger lift other than an automatic lift, except that a gate or door need not be provided at 1 entrance of the car of a passenger lift, if the control is adjacent to it so that the attendant can conveniently extend his or her arm across the entrance and the width of the entrance does not exceed 42 inches and the whole face of the well including the enclosures adjacent to the car entrance is flush and not more than 11/2 inches from the car floor nosing; and
(c)every goods lift other than an automatic lift, except that a gate or door need not be provided at 1 entrance of the car of a goods lift, if the control is adjacent to it and the whole face of the well including the enclosures adjacent to that car entrance is within 31/4 inches of the car floor nosing.
(2)Any offsets in the face of an enclosure mentioned in subsection (1) (c) shall be bevelled on the underside at not less than 3 inches vertical to 1 inch horizontal.
(3)All power driven car gates or doors shall be so constructed as to be capable of being opened manually.
(4)The electric interlock of the car gates of every automatic lift shall be placed in a position inaccessible to a person standing on the car floor.
(5)If levelling devices are used the car floor shall be provided with a substantial toe-guard flush with its outer edge extending a sufficient distance below the car floor so that there shall be no opening into the lift-well while the car is within the levelling zone.
Lighting and ventilation of cars
34
The car of every lift other than a service lift shall be provided with—
(a)adequate ventilation; and
(b)effective means for interior electrical illumination; and
(c)facilities on the car roof for attaching an electric light if an inspector so directs; and
(d)unless other provision is made for illuminating the pit of the lift, an electric light on the underside of the car.
Safety gear
35
(1)The car of every suspended lift other than a service lift shall be provided with effective safety gear.
(2)A speed governor operating the safety gear shall be provided if the travel of the lift car exceeds 30 feet and on lifts erected after 19 September 1957 if the travel exceeds 18 feet.
(3)The safety gear shall be of a type that brings the car to an easy and gradual stop when the rated speed of the lift exceeds 200 feet per minute.
(4)Instantaneous safety gear operating on timber backings for guides may only be used on lifts the rated speed of which does not exceed 200 feet per minute, or if operating on steel guides may be used on lifts the rated speed of which does not exceed 125 feet per minute.
(5)Speed governors shall be constructed, adjusted and maintained as to cause the operation of the safety gear at or before the speeds specified in table 35.
Table 35
rated speed of lift
feet/min
maximum operating speed of governor
feet/min or % of rated speed
up to 100 140 feet/min from 100 to 500 40% in excess of rated speed over 500 200 feet/min in excess of rated speed
(6)Speed governors of electric lifts whose speed exceeds 200 feet per minute shall have a switch that shall open before or at the time the governor grips the governor rope, and shall open the motor and brake circuits and stop the machine.
Machines
36
(1)All lift machines other than hydraulic shall be provided with efficient brake gear.
(2)Traction sheaves, except for service lifts, shall not be overhung.
(3)Worms and their shafts shall be constructed in a single piece.
(4)No drum-drive lift shall have a speed greater than 300 feet per minute.
Counterweight
37
(1)The top 15 feet of the counterweight guides of all drum-drive machines, except for service lifts, shall be enclosed by a substantial and firmly secured screen.
(2)If a counterweight, other than the one balancing the car travels adjacent to that car, then the path of travel of this counterweight shall be screened from that car.
Guides
38
(1)The car and counterweight of every lift shall run between guides of adequate section and so supported as to withstand the loads from guide shoes and the operation of the safety gear without undue deflection.
(2)Car and counterweight guides shall be of steel except for service lifts and for lifts operating at a speed not exceeding 100 feet per minute.
Electrical equipment
39
(1)All electrical conductors, appliances and equipment used in connection with every lift shall be of sufficient size and so constructed, installed, protected and maintained as to be safe for, and in use.
(2)If more specific provision is not made elsewhere in this regulation, they shall conform with the provisions of the S.A.A. Wiring Rules.
(3)All electrical wiring in every lift-well, and on every lift car, other than flexible conductors, shall be in screwed conduit.
(4)The electric controlling gear of every lift must operate without causing excessive strain in any part of the apparatus, and shall automatically slow down the car and cut off the control current at both limits of travel, and shall ensure that acceleration in starting and deceleration in stopping is not excessive.
(5)The control circuits of all lifts shall not exceed 250V and 1 side of the circuits shall be at earth potential.
(6)The metal frames and covers of all motors, interlocks and electrical equipment and conduit of every lift shall be effectively earthed.
Car switch
40
(1)The switch used in a lift car for normal operation of the lift shall automatically return to the ‘stop’ position on the removal of the operator’s hand, and provision shall be made for the securing of the switch handle in the ‘stop’ position.
(2)If the switch in centring does not immediately stop the lift, an emergency switch shall be provided for this purpose and car gates extending the full width of the car openings shall be provided.
Limit gear
41
(1)Every lift shall be provided with limit gear that will automatically stop the machine before the car or counterweight lands.
(2)Drum-drive machines shall be provided with limit gear integral with the machine and limit gear operated by the movement of the car.
(3)Electric lifts other than traction-drive service lifts shall be provided with 2 separate and independent limit gears, 1 of which shall open the control circuit and the other shall completely cut off all electrical pressure from the motor, control and brake.
(4)Every electric service lift, other than a drum-drive service lift, fitted with a thermal overload switch shall be provided with a time switch set to stop the machine at not greater than twice the interval of time normally taken for the car to run its full length of travel.
(5)The time switch shall be of the normal reset type.
Slack cable device
42
Every drum-drive lift, other than a service lift, shall have a device that will automatically stop the machine should the car lifting ropes become slack from any cause whatsoever.
Safety gear switch
43
All automatic lifts shall be provided with a device that will cut off the current and stop the machine in the event of the safety gear operating.
Stop button
44
Automatic lifts, other than service lifts, shall be provided with an emergency stop button clearly marked as such and placed in close proximity to the control buttons in the car.
Signal call system
45
Every lift, other than an automatic lift, shall have a signal call and indicator in the car that can be operated from each floor except for lifts where response to a call is an automatic function.
Hydraulic equipment
46
(1)Only piping, fittings and gear made specially for hydraulic pressures shall be used on hydraulic lifts.
(2)The whole of the machinery, gear and piping subject to hydraulic pressure shall be tested to twice the working pressure in the presence of an inspector after the erection of every lift and before it is used.
(3)A similar test shall be conducted in relation to any part of machinery, gear and pipes subject to hydraulic pressure on re‑erection, reinstatement or renewal.
(4)Rams of all hydraulic lifts shall be provided with permanent stops that will prevent them being forced out of their cylinders.
(5)Every hydraulic lift shall be provided with a control valve, a screw down pressure stop valve, a non-return valve, and a tee piece for testing purposes.
(6)The non-return valve shall be as close as practicable to the control valve and the tee piece shall be between the non-return valve and the point of entry of the service.
(7)The control valve of every hydraulic lift shall automatically cut off the power at both limits of travel of the car before the car lands or the ram reaches its permanent stop and also in the event of the breakage of the control rope.
(8)The construction of the valve must preclude the possibility of the valve spindle blowing out should it become parted and both ends of the control rope shall be connected to the control valve mechanism.
(9)An air cock shall be fitted at the top of the hydraulic cylinder of every hydraulic lift and provision made to prevent the syphoning of water from the cylinders.
(10)The rams of every direct-acting hydraulic lift shall be positively attached to the car, such attachment to have sufficient working clearance.
(11)Provision shall be made to permit of the safe and efficient maintenance of all machinery and control mechanism of every hydraulic lift.
Escalators
47
Every escalator and every part of it shall be of sound material, good construction, adequate strength, free from patent defects and be suitable and safe for the purpose for which it is intended.
Trusses or girders
48
Every truss or girder shall be capable of safely keeping the steps and running gear in the event of failure of the track system to keep the running gear in its guides.
Track arrangement
49
The track arrangement of all escalators shall be so designed as to prevent displacement of the treads and running gear in the event of a tread chain breaking.
Angle of inclination
50
The angle of inclination of every escalator shall not exceed 30° from the horizontal.
Balustrading
51
(1)Every escalator shall be provided on each side with a solid balustrade.
(2)On the escalator side the balustrade shall be smooth without depressed or raised panelling save that flush panels may be separated by metal mouldings of a thickness of not more than 1/8 of an inch and having bevelled edges.
(3)Glass shall not be used on the inside of any balustrade.
(4)Every balustrade shall be provided with a continuous handrail without open joints moving at the same speed and in the same direction as the treads.
Treads and landings
52
The treads and landings of every escalator shall be of a material that will afford a secure foothold.
Power unit
53
An electric motor shall not be used to drive 2 or more escalators unless the escalators are situatedd side by side and are operated as a single unit.
Chains
54
All chains of every escalator shall have a factor of safety of not less than 10, except if the chain is composed of cast steel links which shall be thoroughly annealed, in which case the factor of safety shall be not less than 20.
Automatic brakes
55
Every escalator shall be provided with an electrically released mechanically applied brake that shall stop the escalator automatically when the power supply is cut off.
Starting switch and stop button
56
(1)The starting of every escalator shall be by means of a key operated switch or a switch inaccessible to the public.
(2)A button for stopping the escalator shall be placed accessible to the public at the top and bottom landings of every escalator.
(3)The buttons shall be permanently and prominently marked ‘Stop Button’.
(4)The release or pressing of a stop button must not start the escalator.
Safety devices
57
Every escalator shall be equipped with safety devices that will cause the power to be cut off—
(a)in the event of the breaking of any tread chain; or
(b)whenever the speed of the escalator exceeds the rated speed by 20%; or
(c)in the event of the accidental reversal of the escalator when it is set to operate in the ascending direction.
Reverse phase relay
58
Every escalator operated by a polyphase electric motor shall be provided with a device that will prevent the motor being started while the phase rotation is in the wrong direction or while there exists a failure of any phase.
Machine room
59
The machine room of every escalator shall be of such size as will permit of the safe and efficient maintenance of all parts of the machinery and other equipment located in it, and the machine room shall be adequately lighted and shall be provided with safe means of access.
Construction of conveyors
60
Every conveyor and every part of it shall be of sound material, good construction, adequate strength, free from patent defects and be suitable and safe for the purpose for which it is intended to be used.
Electrical installation
61
(1)All electrical conductors, appliances and equipment used in connection with every conveyor shall be of sufficient size and so constructed, installed, protected and maintained as to be safe for, and in use.
(2)If more specific provision is not made elsewhere in this regulation, they shall conform with the provisions of the S.A.A. Wiring Rules.
Control
62
(1)Provision shall be made on every conveyor—
(a)to ensure that the conveyor will stop when the driving power is cut off and remain stopped until the power is restored; and
(b)to permit the conveyor being stopped at each point of loading or delivery; and
(c)to prevent the conveyor being restarted from any point until the device by which it was stopped has been reset in the running position.
(2)Any push button used for stopping the conveyor must be capable of being secured in the stop position.
Enclosures
63
(1)Every conveyor shall be adequately enclosed and guarded.
(2)The enclosing and guarding shall be to the satisfaction of the inspector.
Provision for maintenance
64
Provision shall be made to permit of the safe and efficient maintenance of all machinery and control mechanism of every conveyor.
No persons permitted to travel
65
No person shall travel or be permitted to travel on a conveyor.
Load notice
66
A safe working load notice shall be exhibited at each point of loading of every conveyor.
Division 4.3 Maintenance of lifts
67
(1)Every lift and all parts of it shall be maintained in conformity with this regulation and in safe and proper working condition, and in accordance with the following provisions:
(a)all motor rooms, wells and pits shall be kept clean and free from accumulation of rubbish, dirt, dust or impedimenta;
(b)pits shall be kept dry;
(c)all guides, safety gear, machinery and equipment shall be kept lubricated, and machines and equipment shall be kept clean and free from accumulation of dust and dirt;
(d)all ropes showing indications of excessive wear, splintering, stranding, bunching or rust shall at once be replaced by new ropes;
(e)ropes liable to rust shall be treated with a suitable lubricant or a rust preventive compound;
(f)all enclosures shall be maintained in a safe and effective condition;
(g)all enclosure doors shall be maintained in proper working condition, and so that they cannot leave their tracks or guides;
(h)the enclosure door interlocks shall be maintained in conformity with section 29;
(i)all safety gear shall be kept in effective working condition;
(j)all limit gear, and other safety devices shall be maintained in proper working condition and correct adjustment;
(k)the rams of all hydraulic lifts shall be kept in such condition that there shall be no leakage at the gland, and this without unduly pinching the ram;
(l)the controlling mechanism of all hydraulic lifts shall be maintained in such condition that—
(i)the lift will automatically stop before the car lands or the ram reaches its permanent stop; and
(ii)the lift will stop in the event of breakage of the control rope, and
(iii)creeping will not occur when the valve is in the ‘stop’ position.
(2)It shall be the duty of the owner of a lift to observe the provisions of this section.
Division 4.4 Use of lifts
68
(1)No person shall operate any lift by manipulation of the enclosure door interlocks or car gate interlocks or of the control mechanism in the machine room.
(2)No person shall operate any rope control lift, other than a service lift, from any landing or any place other than the car.
(3)No person shall load any lift in excess of its safe working load.
(4)No person in charge of any lift shall—
(a)load or permit the lift to be loaded in excess of the safe working load; or
(b)move the car from any landing unless all the enclosure doors are closed and locked and the car gates are closed; or
(c)permit the car to be loaded or unloaded or take in or let out passengers unless the car is at rest, the power shut off and the car switch is secure in the stop position; or
(d)for a rope controlled lift—leave the car unless the rope is locked in the stop position.
(5)This section shall not apply to any bona fide worker engaged in erecting, repairing, inspecting or testing a lift, or to an inspector.
Change of ownership
69
If the ownership of any lift has been changed, the new owner shall, within 7 days of the change give notice of the change to the chief inspector.
70
There shall be placed and kept in the car of every lift other than a service lift—
(a)a legible notice stating—
(i)the safe working load of the lift; and
(ii)for a goods lift—the names of the persons specifically empowered by the owner to work or operate the lift; and
(iii)the name, address and telephone number of the company or person maintaining the lift or engaged to attend the lift in case of stoppage or accident; and
(iv)for multi-tenanted buildings without resident caretakers—if the inspector so directs, the name and address of the owner of the lift; and
(b)a copy of section 68 and section 69 and a statement as follows:
Section 18 of the Actrequires accidents to be notified to the chief inspector by the owner or person in charge of a lift, and prohibits the use of a lift after an accident without permission of an inspector.
For the purposes of the Act, owner of a lift includes the owner, mortgagee in possession, lessee, hirer or borrower thereof.
71
There shall be placed and kept beside the control at the principal landing and the other landings that the inspector may direct of every service lift a copy of section 68 (1) and (3) and a notice stating the safe working load of the lift.
72
The owner of a lift shall be responsible for the observance of the provisions of section 70 and section 71.
Part 5Safeguards and measures to be taken for securing the safety and health of persons engaged in building work
Division 5.1 General
73
(1)Any person who directly or by his or her servants or agents (including every independent contractor from time to time engaged in that work) carries out any building work shall take all measures that appear necessary or advisable to minimise accident risk and to prevent injury to the health of persons engaged in the building work and for this purpose, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the person shall—
(a)provide suitable and safe scaffolding, which shall conform to the requirements of this regulation, for all work that cannot be done safely by a person standing on permanent or solid construction, except when the work can be done safely from ladders constructed in conformity with the provisions of this regulation; and
(b)provide and maintain safe means of access to every place where any person has to work at any time; and
(c)provide means by fencing or otherwise for securing the safety of any person working at a place from which the person would be liable to fall a distance of more than 6 feet; and
(d)make provision to secure and maintain lighting (natural or artificial) sufficient and suitable for the illumination of all work places, stairways, corridors and passageways where persons must frequent, pass or use in the performance of their work or in passage to or from their work; and
(e)whenever artificial lighting is provided—ensure that the lamps are so placed and shaded that they will not affect the safety of persons by producing glare or deep shadows and that the lamps are protected against breakage by wire guards; and
(f)keep all stairways, corridors and passageways free from loose materials and debris, building materials, supplies and obstructions of every kind; and
(g)where practicable provide overhead protection for persons working below other persons or where there is a likelihood of persons being injured by objects falling from above; and
(h)ensure that the overhead protection is by means of timber or other material of strength and construction reasonably adequate to catch, deflect or hold any reasonable weight of material or objects that may fall on the protective construction; and
(i)provide head protective helmets, of an approved type, for the use of persons working in places over which it is impracticable to fix overhead protection; and
(j)effectively fence in the way prescribed by this regulation, all platforms, the open sides of all floors, openings in floors, roofs and platforms into which persons could accidentally walk, the open sides of stairways and stairway landings and all excavations and holes more than 5 feet deep; and
(k)cause all working places and approaches to them to be adequately ventilated by the circulation of fresh air the ventilation to be such as to render harmless all fumes, dust or other impurities that may be injurious to health, generated or produced by any means in any such working place and approach; and
(l)if in connection with any chipping, grinding, cleaning, spraying or manipulation of any material, there is given off any dust or fume of such a character and to such extent as to be likely to be injurious to the health of persons employed—take all practicable measures either by securing adequate ventilation or by the provision and use of respirators (of a type approved by the chief inspector) or otherwise to prevent inhalation of the dust or fume; and
(m)cause all exhaust gases of every engine used in an enclosed or confined space to be conducted to the open air and the place to be adequately ventilated so as to prevent danger to health from the exhaust gases; and
(n)if any persons are employed in a process in which a lead compound or other poisonous substance is used—provide for the use of persons liable to come into contact with the compound or substance adequate and suitable facilities for washing, which shall include nail brushes, soap and towels; and
(o)provide, where there is carried on any process specified schedule 4, the goggles of the types that are approved by the chief inspector, or effective screens to protect the eyes of persons employed on the building work; and
(p)cause measures to be taken to ensure that scaffolding materials, tools and other objects and materials (including waste material) shall not be thrown, tipped or shot down from a height where they are liable to cause injury, but to be properly lowered, and in any place where proper lowering is not practicable and also where any part of a structure is being demolished or broken off to cause adequate steps to be taken, if necessary, to protect persons from falling or flying debris; and
(q)cause protruding nails to be knocked in or removed from all materials used in the construction of scaffolding, false work and shuttering and take measures to ensure that no timber or material with projecting nails is allowed to remain in any place where persons are liable to come into contact with them; and
(r)take all practicable precautions by the use of adequate temporary guys, stays, supports and fixings or otherwise to prevent danger to any person through the collapse of any part of a building or structure during any temporary state of weakness or instability of the building or structure or part before the building or structure is completed; and
(s)if any building work is carried on that is likely to reduce, so as to endanger any person, the security or stability of any part of an existing building or structure or of a building or structure in course of construction—take all practicable precautions by shoring or otherwise to prevent danger to any person from the collapse of the building or structure or the fall of any part of it; and
(t)not move or permit or allow to be moved on the site of the building work any ironwork or steelwork on which there is wet paint other than paint for the purpose of jointing; and
(u)if on or adjacent to the site of any building work to which this regulation applies there is water into which a person employed is in the course of his or her employment liable to fall with risk of drowning—provide and keep ready for use suitable rescue equipment of an approved type and take all steps necessary for the prompt rescue of any such person in danger of drowning; and
(v)cause electric light and electric power installations and the electrical equipment of cranes, hoists, and plant to be installed, used and maintained in conformity with the provisions of this regulation; and
(w)provide adequate and suitable overhead protection to prevent persons being struck by the falling products of an electric arc or flame metal cutting process; and
(x)provide the first-aid equipment, sanitary conveniences, washing facilities, drinking water and shelter, change and dining accommodation that are prescribed by this regulation.
(2)However, despite subsection (1) (j) it shall be permissible to remove when necessary any guardrail, fence or part of it for the purpose of handling materials or for the installation of other work, subject to the guardrail, fence or part being at once replaced on completion of the work.
(3)For this section:
lead compound means any material containing lead which, when treated in the way prescribed in schedule 5, yields to an aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid a quantity of soluble lead compound exceeding, when calculated as lead monoxide, 5% of the dry weight of the sample taken for analysis.
74
If the special nature or circumstances of any part of a building work render impracticable compliance with the provisions of section 73 designed to prevent the fall of any person engaged on that part of the building work, then those provisions shall be complied with so far as practicable and, except for persons for whom there is adequate hand hold and foothold, the contractor or person in charge of the building work shall provide safety nets or safety belts and life lines of a type approved by the chief inspector which will so far as practicable enable the persons to carry out work without risk of serious injury.
Fencing of floors, landings, stairways and the like
75
(1)Wherever, by this part, it is required that a floor, platform, landing, working place, stairway or stairway landing, excavation or hold, or an opening in a floor, roof, platform or landing or that any other place shall be fenced, then the fencing shall be effected by—
(a)positively fastening in position uprights or posts of 4 inch by 2 inch timber at a distance of not more than 8 feet apart; and
(b)bolting to each upright or post mentioned in paragraph (a) the length or lengths of 4 inch by 2 inch timber that are necessary to form the top guardrail of the fence, the 4 inch by 2 inch timber being bolted at such position to each upright or post that the distance from its top edge to the level of the place being fenced is 3 feet 6 inches; and
(c)positively fastening to the upright or posts mentioned in paragraph (a) toe or fender boards, of not less than 9 inches by 1 inch timber, in such way that the bottom edge of each toe or fender board is level with the place being fenced and so that an opening or gap is not left between the bottom edge of the toe or fender board and the surface of the place being fenced.
(2)Alternatively the fence may be constructed of steel members, provided that each steel member used possesses the strength and rigidity of its corresponding timber member as provided in this section.
(3)As a further alternative the 4 inch by 2 inch guardrail may be replaced by a flexible steel wire rope, or by a fibre rope not less than 3 inches in circumference, provided that the rope is kept taut and is properly secured to the uprights or posts.
Division 5.2 Constructing, erecting, adding to, altering, repairing, finishing, painting and cleaning buildings and structures
Stability of walls
77
No wall or part of a wall shall, during its construction, be built to a greater height than 5 feet or 6 times its thickness, whichever is the greater, unless it is supported by temporary shores, proper scaffolding or buttresses at intervals of length not greater than 30 times its thickness until roof or floor ties or cross walls are in position.
Protection in liftwells and stairwells
78
(1)When workers are working in a lift-well or stair-well during the construction, alteration or equipping of a building, protection shall be provided not more than 2 stories above nor 1 storey below the level at which the workers are working.
(2)The protection shall be of timber planks not less than 2 inches thick, laid across the lift-well or stair-well.
Temporary ramps
79
(1)A temporary ramp built to provide access for vehicles to the site of a building work shall have a grade safe for vehicles using it and shall possess adequate strength and stability under the effects of the maximum loads to which it is subjected.
(2)The minimum width of every such ramp shall be 10 feet and a guide or kerb, at least 9 inches in height and 6 inches in width, shall be positively fixed in position at each side.
Provision and use of ladders and stepladders
80
Definitions
(1)In this section:
ladder—see section 142.
stepladder—see section 142.
Design and construction
(2)Every ladder and every stepladder used for any purpose covered by this regulation shall be designed and constructed as prescribed by this regulation.
To be provided and maintained
(3)Any person who directly or by his or her agents or servants carries out any building work shall provide and maintain in place during working hours the ladders that are necessary to provide safe means of access to all floor levels and to all places where any person has to work until the time that temporary or permanent stairways are completed and are available as such safe means of access.
Placing of ladders
(4)Ladders shall be placed so that—
(a)each side rail or stile has a level and firm footing and the top rest for each side rail or stile is level, reasonably rigid and of adequate strength to support the maximum applied load; and
(b)the side rails or stiles are not supported by boxes, loose bricks, or other loose packing.
In front of doors
(5)A ladder shall not be placed in front of a door, opening towards the ladder, unless the door is fastened open or is locked or guarded.
To be securely fixed
(6)Every ladder shall so far as practicable be securely fixed so that it cannot move either from its top or from its bottom points of rest.
(7)If it cannot be so securely fixed it shall where practicable be securely fixed at the base or if such fixing at the base is impracticable a person shall be stationed at the base of the ladder to prevent slipping.
In public thoroughfares
(8)Effective means shall be provided to prevent the displacement of a ladder set up in a public thoroughfare or in any other place where accidental collision with the ladder may occur.
Placed against window frames
(9)A ladder so placed that its top end rests against a window frame shall be fitted with a board fixed to its top end the board being of such dimensions that the applied load is safely distributed over the window frame.
Footings for stepladders
(10)A stepladder shall be set up on a level and firm footing and shall not be stood on loose bricks or other loose packing.
Ladders not to support scaffolding planks
(11)No ladder except a trestle ladder shall be used to support a plank on which a person has to work.
Height above landings
(12)Ladders used for the purposes mentioned in subsection (3) shall rise to a height of at least 3 feet 6 inches above the place of landing for persons using the ladders.
Height when used as a working place
(13)A ladder used as a place from which a person has to work shall rise to a height of at least 3 feet 6 inches above the highest rung to be reached by the feet of the person working on the ladder or if that is impracticable then to the greatest practicable height.
Landing places
(14)A landing place at least 27 inches in width and 48 inches in length shall be provided at the head and base of every ladder for the purposes mentioned in subsection (3) and if any person is liable to fall for a distance of more than 6 feet from it then the landing place shall be fenced in the way mentioned in section 75.
(15)If a ladder passes through an opening in the floor of a landing place, the opening shall be as small as is reasonably practicable.
(16)Every ladder or run of ladders rising a vertical distance of 20 feet or over shall be provided with an intermediate landing place or places so that the vertical distance between any 2 successive landing places shall not exceed 20 feet.
Angle of ladders
(17)Every ladder shall, if possible, be used at such an angle that the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder is equal to 1/4 of the length of the ladder.
Crowding on ladders
(18)Persons shall not crowd together on ladders.
Separate ladders for ascent and descent
(19)If, in connection with any building work, traffic conditions on ladders are such as to warrant the use of separate ladders for the purposes of ascent and descent, then such separate ladders shall be provided, designated, and used for such purposes.
Ladders to be faced
(20)Persons using ladders shall face them while in the act of ascending or descending.
Ladders not to be joined
(21)Ladders shall not be joined together to form a longer ladder unless a longer ladder so formed is of the strength and rigidity prescribed for ladders by this regulation.
Single rail ladders prohibited
(22)Ladders made by fastening cleats across a single rail shall not be used.
Defective ladders and stepladders
(23)No ladder or stepladder shall be used that has—
(a)a missing or a weakened, broken or otherwise defective rung or tread or a broken or defective stile; or
(b)any rung or tread that depends for its support solely on nails, spikes, or other similar fixing.
Prohibited uses of ladders
(24)A ladder shall not be used as a guy, brace, tom, strut, beam or skid or for any other than its intended purpose.
Cleaning and maintenance of roof monitors, gutters, windows, louvres and ventilators
81
Safe means of access to be provided
(1)The owner of any building (other than a private domestic dwelling house) or of any structure shall provide and maintain in good order and condition, on all roofs of it permanent means of safe access to any monitors, gutters, windows, louvres, ventilators or other fixtures, parts, or equipment that require periodical cleaning or maintenance.
Catwalks
(2)If catwalks are provided for the purposes mentioned in subsection (1), the catwalks shall be of hardwood or other approved material.
(3)They shall be not less than 10 inches in width and if of hardwood not less than 2 inches in thickness.
(4)The upper surfaces of all catwalks shall be approximately horizontal in transverse planes and the surfaces shall be flat and free from obstructions or projections.
(5)Catwalks shall be adequately supported and positively and strongly secured in position.
(6)If catwalks are inclined longitudinally at more than 10° to the horizontal, or if they are so placed that a person, or object could fall a distance of more than 6 feet from them, they shall be fenced in accordance with section 75.
Window cleaning
82
Definitions
(1)In this section:
anchor means a fitting secured to a window frame or wall to which fitting a safety strap or line terminal is or is intended to be attached.
body belt means a belt constructed to fit the body, at or about the waistline, of a person engaged in window cleaning.
safety belt means the complete assembly of body belt, safety strap or line and all fittings.
safety strap or line means the safety strap or line that passes through loops fitted at the back of a body belt and is provided with terminal fittings to enable each of its terminals to be secured to an anchor.
window cleaning includes the operations of washing, wiping or other method of cleaning windows of buildings.
Liabilities of owners
(2)The owner of a building, the windows of that are cleaned from the outside, shall install and maintain anchors on each such window, the lowest part of the frame of which is more than 12 feet above the ground or adjoining flat roof, or the owner shall provide other approved safe means for cleaning every such window of such building.
(3)The owner of any building shall not require, permit, suffer or allow any window in such building to be cleaned unless anchors or other approved means are provided to enable such work to be done in a safe way.
Liabilities of contractors
(4)Every contractor shall use and require his or her employee to use while engaged in window cleaning the equipment and safety devices required by this section to be provided and used.
Exemption—cleaning exterior face of windows from inside
(5)This section shall not apply to any window that is constructed in an approved way so that the exterior face can be and is cleaned entirely from the inside and during which cleaning operation no part of the window cleaner’s body except 1 arm or hand is required to project beyond the frame in which the window is set.
Exemption—windows on balconies, fire-escapes and flat roofs
(6)This section shall not apply to any window opening on a balcony having a railing 36 inches high, nor to a window opening on a fire‑escape, nor to any window opening on a roof if the roof has a pitch of not more than 1 inch in 12 inches, is 6 feet or more in width and is capable of safely sustaining the weight of the window cleaner and his or her equipment.
Exemption—cleaning inside face of windows
(7)This section shall not apply to the cleaning of the inside face of any window except if the window cleaner performs the operation while resting on a level that is more than 6 feet above a floor.
General requirements—windows more than 12 feet above ground
(8)No person shall clean a window required to be provided with anchors unless the person wears an approved type of safety belt and the person shall only clean the windows while the safety strap or line terminals are in position on the anchors, provided that windows may be cleaned by any other safe means that are approved or are permitted by this section.
General requirements—portable auxiliary sills
(9)If any window is by this section required to be cleaned by a person wearing a safety belt and the sill of the window extends less than 6 inches out from the window frame or is inclined at a slope of more than 1 in 12 or is otherwise unsafe for the person to stand on, the owner shall provide an approved portable auxiliary sill or other approved device on which the person can stand with safety.
(10)Every such portable sill shall be not less than 10 inches wide and it shall be equal in length to the clear width of the window opening, less 3 inches.
(11)Every such portable sill and other device shall be so designed and constructed that it is safely held in place and so that it can be safely and readily put into position and removed.
General requirements—limitation on use of safety belts and anchors
(12)Anchors shall be deemed adequate safety devices only if the window and its approaches are so constructed and maintained that the window cleaner can safely reach the sill and attach 1 safety strap or line terminal to the anchor before stepping out on to the sill and if it is possible for 1 belt terminal to remain attached to the anchor while the window cleaner steps back into the building.
(13)No person shall use a safety belt in any place where it is liable to be detrimentally affected by acids or other deleterious chemicals.
General requirements—use of corrosive substances
(14)Acids or other deleterious chemicals may be used for window cleaning only under the following conditions:
(a)scaffolding, conforming to the provisions of this regulation, shall be used but if scaffolding of the light swinging stage type is used it shall be suspended by flexible steel wire rope instead of fibre rope;
(b)the use of fibre rope in connection with any scaffolding for this purpose is prohibited;
(c)a highly dilute solution (not more than 5%) of hydrochloric (muriatic) acid or hydrofluoric acid shall be used;
(d)the window cleaner shall wear rubber gloves and shall apply the acid solution with a brush;
(e)all parts of the scaffolding and other equipment so used shall be liberally washed with water after each use to prevent corrosive reactions.
General requirements—maintenance of equipment
(15)All equipment and safety devices required by this section shall be maintained by the owners of them in good order and condition and in accordance with this regulation.
General requirements—detachable draft deflectors
(16)Detachable draft deflectors fitted to window openings shall be removed before a window cleaning operation is begun.
General requirements—broken sash chains or cords
(17)No person shall clean a window having broken sash chains or cords.
General requirements—skilled operators for scaffolding and boatswain’s chairs
(18)Only experienced and properly trained persons shall be permitted or employed to clean windows by working on scaffolding or in boatswain’s chairs.
General requirements—screws and expansion bolts
(19)No person shall use wood screws, coach screws, or expansion bolts as a means of fastening anchors.
General requirements—passing from window to window prohibited
(20)A window cleaner shall not pass on the outside of a building from one window to another window.
General requirements—wide fixed sash windows
(21)Wide fixed sash windows, having adjacent to them an openable small window separated by a mullion from it, shall have 2 anchors installed on each mullion.
(22)The window cleaner shall attach both safety strap or line terminals to the anchors on 1 mullion so as to permit 1/2 of the larger window to be cleaned from each side.
General requirements—wide window frames
(23)In buildings where the width of a window frame exceeds 6 feet there shall be installed special approved anchors, additional to other anchors, required by this section, at each side of the window frame.
(24)These special anchors shall be set 42 inches above the window sill.
(25)The owner shall provide for each such window, when it is being cleaned, an approved cable to be attached to the special anchors to form a back support for the window cleaner.
Installation and maintenance of anchors—anchors for all buildings
(26)All anchors required by this section shall be installed as specified in this section except as may be otherwise approved.
(27)All anchors and anchor fastenings shall be provided with means to prevent them inadvertently turning, backing off or becoming loose.
Installation and maintenance of anchors—anchor location
(28)Anchors shall be attached to the side frames of the window or to the building at a point not less than 44 inches nor more than 51 inches above the window sill.
(29)Care shall be taken, when screwing up anchor fastenings, to prevent producing excess stresses.
Installation and maintenance of anchors—timber—existing and new buildings
(30)Anchors shall be attached to timber or metal-covered timber window frames by bolts of not less than 3/8 of an inch in diameter that shall pass through the entire window frame and shall be securely fastened by a nut and washer.
(31)The diameter of the washer shall be at least twice the diameter of the bolt hole.
(32)The ends of the bolts shall be upset to prevent loosening or removal of the nuts.
(33)The back face of anchors for installation on timber window frames or mullions shall be provided with at least 2 sharp lugs to prevent turning of the anchor after installation, or other equally effective methods may be used.
Installation and maintenance of anchors—masonry and brickwork—new buildings
(34)Anchors attached to walls of masonry or brickwork units, erected after 19 September 1957, shall be installed while the wall is under construction and shall be shaped to build into the joints between masonry or brickwork units.
(35)The anchors shall be not less than 8 inches long, have a cross‑sectional area of not less than 1/4 of a square inch, have a fluke or flukes having a holding surface of not less than 1 inch in length and, be firmly embedded in the masonry or brickwork.
Installation and maintenance of anchors—masonry and brickwork—existing buildings
(36)Anchors shall not be installed in existing masonry or brickwork but shall be attached to the window frames in accordance with subsections (30) to (33), subsection (38) or subsections (39) to (42), as the case may be.
50 or 51
52 or 53
54 or 55
56 or 57
58 or 59
18
19
20
21
22
7
7
7
7
7
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
136
...
...
...
...
7.6
...
...
...
...
124
131
138
...
...
6.9
6.9
6.9
...
...
112
119
127
134
140
6.2
6.3
6.3
6.4
6.4
106
114
120
128
135
5.9
6.0
6.0
6.1
6.1
95
103
110
118
126
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
83
92
100
109
117
4.6
4.8
5.0
5.2
5.3
70
78
87
96
104
3.9
4.1
4.3
4.6
4.7
57
62
68
75
83
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.6
3.8
45
49
54
58
63
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.9
30
34
38
43
47
1.7
1.8
1.9
2.0
2.1
60 23 7 ... ... ... ... ... ... 146 6.4 141 6.1 134 5.8 125 5.4 112 4.9 91 4.0 69 3.0 51 2.2 Note‘Periods’ referred to in column headings are periods of exposure to working pressure, and should not be confused with working periods at the face.
Schedule 8Medical standards and examination report for compressed air workers
The medical standards required for workers in compressed air are as follows:
(a)age and physique—
(i)the worker shall be well-developed and healthy but not above the average weight/height ratio; and
(ii)the worker shall be intelligent, active and have good sight and hearing; and
(ii)there shall be no marked development of adipose tissue nor evidence of premature senility.
(b)respiratory system—
(i)there shall be no disease of the respiratory system; or
(ii)there shall be no disease of the middle ear or blockage of the Eustachian tubes; or
(ii)there shall be no disease of the the pharynx or frontal sinuses.
(c)circulatory system—
(i)there shall be no evidence of disease of the heart or the blood vessels; and
(ii)the arteries shall not be thickened or the blood pressure above a figure normal for the age.
(d)nervous system—
(i)there shall be no disease of the nervous system or special senses; and
(ii)ther shall be no evidence of neurasthenia, neurosis or psychosis.
(e)renal system—
(i)there shall be no evidence of disease of the kidneys or bladder; and
(ii)there shall be no evidence of either albuminuria or glucosuria.
Examination report for compressed air workers
Name of applicant…………………………………………age………….
General physical condition……………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………
Respiratory system:
lungs……………………………………………………….……..
nose, ears, throat…………………………………………………
sinuses……………………………………………………………
Circulatory system:
blood pressure……………………………………………………
heart………………………………………………………………
Nervous system…………………………………………………………..
Renal system……………………………………………………………...
Urine:
Result of chest X-ray examination……...………………………………..
……………………………………………………………………………I certify that I have carefully examined…………………………………..
and consider that he/she is fit/not fit to work under compressed air conditions.(In the event of an unfavourable opinion, please state reasons.)
…………………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………….
Signature of medical officer……………………………..
Dated:Schedule 9Symptoms and treatment of compressed air illness
Symptoms of compressed air illness
1The symptoms of compressed air illness are due to the liberation of bubbles of nitrogen in the blood or tissues and usually occur after the return of a person to normal air pressure.
2The time of onset is generally a few minutes after decompression has been completed, but may be delayed as much as 4 hours, occasionally a case may occur during decompression.
Forms of compressed air illness
3The different forms that compressed air illness may assume are very numerous, and any illness or unusual symptoms after compression should be investigated at once with a view to eliminating compressed air illness.
4If any doubt exists, it is wise to place the person concerned under a small pressure to ascertain if there is any alleviation of the symptoms.
5The following forms of compressed air illness are most commonly encountered:
(1)‘Bends’ are the most common form of compressed air illness. These are painful and sometimes acute manifestations of the illness that affect 1 or more limbs. They are not dangerous unless both arms or legs are effected, that may indicate a bubble in the spinal cord. Bends are most likely to occur in muscles that have been the hardest worked. The pain begins gradually, but may rapidly assume a very painful climax which, unless relieved by recompression, may be sufficiently severe to make the person cry out. Any symptom of a ‘bend’ should be treated by recompression at the earliest possible moment. The longer recompression is delayed the more difficult will be the cure.
(2)Severe pains in the chest or abdomen. The pain in the chest may be accompanied by short, quick, gasping breathing, and the pain in the abdomen may lead to vomiting.
(3)Paralysis of the legs and arms. This is a very serious symptom, and unless relieved may lead to permanent loss of use of the limbs.
(4)Other forms are faintness or unconsciousness, jerky movements of the eye or loss of sight, deafness, swelling of the body, loss of speech. These forms are less common.
Symptoms to be reported
6Any attack of ‘bends’, giddiness, vomiting or difficulty in breathing, disease of the heart, lungs, kidneys, genital organs, a chill, or any other disease that may come on a compressed air worker during or subsequent to work may have the most serious consequences to the worker’s health.
7Therefore, immediately on noticing the indisposition, the worker must report it to the medical officer or to a medical orderly, or failing either, to the contractor or a responsible representative of the contractor.
Treatment of compressed air illness
8The cure for compressed air illness is immediate and adequate recompression, which causes diminution in the size and final disappearance of the bubble of gas that produced the symptom.
Dictionary
(see s 2)
Note 1The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to this regulation.
Note 2For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:
· document
· person.
Note 3Terms used in this regulation have the same meaning that they have in the Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1912 (see Legislation Act, s 148). For example, the following terms are defined in the Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1912, dict:
· crane
· dogger
· gear
· inspector
· lift
· plant.
analogous means radically analogous in relation to prime characteristics.
approved means approved in writing by the chief inspector.
axial stress means one produced by a force or load acting parallel to and concentrically with the longitudinal neutral axis of the member concerned, and is the initial stress so produced, before any redistribution that may accompany resultant elastic deformation of the member.
bearing pressure, in relation to a pin or shaft in a plain bearing, means bearing pressure calculated as for a plane rectangular area of length equal to the length of the bearing, and of width equal to the diameter of the bearing.
birdcage scaffolding—see section 85.
cantilever scaffolding—see section 85.
conveyor, for part 4 (Lifts)—see section 16.
dead loads means all loads of which the principal effects remain constant during operation or manipulation of the crane, lift, hoist, scaffolding, plant or gear concerned.
designed means effectively and correctly designed for its purpose in complete accordance with this regulation or, if provision is not included in this regulation, effectively and correctly designed for its purpose in an approved way.
drawings means permanent, fully detailed and fully dimensioned and annotated engineering drawings, clear, distinct, and to a commonly used scale, which are sufficiently complete for engineering workshop use to enable faithful manufacture of all items depicted.
dynamically irreversible means incapable of being set or kept in motion by energy applied at or to the power output member or part of any mechanism, linkage or device.
dynamically reversible means capable of being set or kept in motion by energy applied at or to the power output member or part of any mechanism, linkage or device.
explosive-powered tool, for part 9A (Explosive-powered tools—safety measures)—see section 118A.
fixed end means for purposes of stress determination, a fixed end or fixed connection so designed that it effectively maintains and preserves the tangent to the elastic curve of the end of the member concerned in its original direction and position, irrespective of applied loading.
forged steel means hot forged from steel conforming to Australian Standard Specification No E17—(1944 T.) General Locomotive Forgings of K quality, and Australian Standard Specification No B63—1938 Carbon Steel Forgings (Primarily for Cranes and Hoists).
free end means for purposes of stress determination, a free end not specifically secured in a way that will effectively prevent its translation.
heavy duty scaffolding—see section 85.
high tensile structural steel means steel conforming to British Standard Specification No 548—1934, High Tensile Structural Steel for Bridges etc and General Building Construction, or British Standard Specification No 968—1941, High Tensile (Fusion Welding Quality) Steel for Bridges, etc, and General Building Construction promulgated by Standards Australia.
hinged end means for purposes of stress determination, a hinged end or hinged connection not specifically and effectively designed to transmit major restraining or other moments.
in commission means in commission but not necessarily active.
independent pole scaffolding—see section 85.
light duty scaffolding—see section 85.
light swinging stage—see section 85.
limiting means—
(a)a maximum such that if it were increased; or
(b)a minimum such that if it were decreased;
the increase or decrease would occasion contravention of the Act or this regulation, or in any way prejudice the safe working of the crane, lift, hoist, scaffolding or plant concerned.
live loads means all loads of which the principal effects vary during operation or manipulation of the crane, lift, hoist, scaffolding, plant or gear concerned, and include the working load and all loads due to inertia, momentum, braking and wind.
mild steel means—
(a)except in relation to bolts or rivets—mild steel conforming to Australian Standard Specification No A.1—1940 Rolled Steel Sections for Structural Purposes; and
(b)in relation to bolts or rivets—a mild steel approved by the chief inspector as being suitable for its purpose.
projectile, for part 9A (Explosive-powered tools—safety measures)—see section 118A.
qualified operator, for part 9A (Explosive-powered tools—safety measures)—see section 118A.
roller means a wheel or cylinder that is either without an axle, or in which an axle or equivalent device is employed principally for purposes of alignment and location as distinct from the transmission of loads or forces.
run—see section 85.
S.A.A. Wiring Rules means Australian Standard Rules for the electrical equipment of buildings, structures and premises, published by the Standards Australia, known as the S.A.A. Wiring Rules. (First issued June, 1931, revised December, 1934, revised January, 1940. Reprinted including corrigenda of February, 1940, February, 1943, and March, 1944. Amendment 3, 1945. All redated 1945. Amendment 4, January, 1946, redated 1946.).
safety gear, for part 4 (Lifts)—see section 16.
safe working load (or working load) means the greatest burden that may be imposed without contravening any provision of this regulation in or on the lifting or lowering instrument with which any crane, lift or hoist is provided for lifting or lowering, or on any platform of any scaffold, but does not include wind loads or any increase consequential to section 125 or the weight of the lifting hook, yoke, kibble, box, cage, vessel or other medium by which the load is raised or lowered, or the weight of the platform or framework of any scaffold.
second-hand means evidencing previous usage that might reasonably be expected or anticipated to have resulted in wear or abrasion, distortion, fatigue, misalignment, cold working, strain hardening, overheating, corrosion, or other damage or deterioration, affecting the item concerned in whole or in part, and, in relation to any material, second-hand means not plainly self evidently new.
section means actual section before any deformation that may follow or accompany application of stress and, unless otherwise stated, all sections must lie in planes normal to the longitudinal axes of the members concerned.
service lift, for part 4 (Lifts)—see section 16.
single pole scaffolding—see section 85.
static counterbalance weights includes all counterbalance weights that do not move relatively to the crane, hoist, lift, scaffolding, plant or gear concerned or to its supporting structure.
strength means computed strength except in relation to the strengths of materials or ropes, and unless the chief inspector specifically approves otherwise.
stress means stress measured in tons per square inch, after including all increases prescribed by this regulation.
suspended scaffolding—see section 85.
toe board—see section 85.
tool, for part 9A (Explosive-powered tools—safety measures)—see section 118A.
transverse stress means the longitudinal tensile or compressive fibre stress resulting at the skin of a member from forces that cause flexure, but not include the axial stress.
under power means energised by any agency other than manual or gravitational.
use, an explosive-powered tool, for part 9A (Explosive-powered tools—safety measures)—see section 118A (3).
work, for part 9A (Explosive-powered tools—safety measures)—see section 118A.
working load—see safe working load.
Endnotes
1 About the endnotes
Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.
Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Uncommenced amending laws and expiries are listed in the legislation history and the amendment history. These details are underlined. Uncommenced provisions and amendments are not included in the republished law but are set out in the last endnote.
If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.
The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.
2 Abbreviation key
am = amended ord = ordinance amdt = amendment orig = original ch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph def = definition pres = present dict = dictionary prev = previous disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative (prev...) = previously Assembly pt = part div = division r = rule/subrule exp = expires/expired renum = renumbered Gaz = gazette reloc = relocated hdg = heading R[X] = Republication No IA = Interpretation Act 1967 RI = reissue ins = inserted/added s = section/subsection LA = Legislation Act 2001 sch = schedule LR = legislation register sdiv = subdivision LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 sub = substituted mod = modified/modification SL = Subordinate Law o = order underlining = whole or part not commenced om = omitted/repealed or to be expired
3 Legislation history
This regulation was originally a NSW regulation—the Regulations made under the Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1912 (NSW).
The Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1912 (NSW) and this regulation were applied, in a modified form, as ACT laws by the Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1957 (now repealed).
This regulation was renamed by the Scaffolding and Lifts Regulations Amendment SL1999‑19 and later under the Legislation Act 2001.
Under the Interpretation Act 1967 (repealed), s 65 all former NSW Acts in force in the ACT immediately before 10 November 1999 (including the Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1912) became, for all purposes, laws made by the ACT Legislative Assembly.
Under the Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1912, s 28 (now expired) the Scaffolding and Lifts Regulation 1950 became, on 29 March 2001, for all purposes, a regulation made under that Act. This completed the process of making the regulation fully into an ACT law.
Before 11 May 1989, regulations commenced on their notification day unless otherwise stated (see Interpretation Act 1967 s 50).
Before 11 May 1989, ordinances commenced on their notification day unless otherwise stated (see Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 (Cwlth), s 12).
NSW legislation
Scaffolding and Lifts Regulation 1950
notified 25 May 1950 (NSW Gaz 1950 No 86)
commenced 1 June 1950 (s 1 (1))as amended by
Amendments of regulations made under the Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1912
notified 1 September 1950 (NSW Gaz 1950 No 141)
commenced 1 September 1950Amendments of regulations made under the Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1912
notified 3 November 1950 (NSW Gaz 1950 No 168)
commenced 3 November 1950Amendments of regulations made under the Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1912
notified 6 March 1953 (NSW Gaz 1953 No 44)
commenced 6 March 1953Amendments of regulations made under the Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1912
notified 3 December 1954 (NSW Gaz 1954 No 197)
commenced 3 December 1954Amendments of regulations made under the Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1912
notified 5 August 1955 (NSW Gaz 1955 No 76)
commenced 5 August 1955Amendments of regulations made under the Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1912
notified 9 March 1956 (NSW Gaz 1956 No 24)
commenced 9 March 1956Amendments of regulations made under the Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1912
notified 22 June 1956 (NSW Gaz 1956 No 69)
commenced 22 June 1956Amendments of regulations made under the Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1912
notified 19 October 1956 (NSW Gaz 1956 No 113)
commenced 19 October 1956Amendments of regulations made under the Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1912
notified 1 March 1957 (NSW Gaz 1957 No 29)
commenced 1 March 1957Commonwealth legislation
Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1957 A1957‑8 sch pt 2 (as am by Ord1968‑5; Ord1974‑26; Ord1976‑7; Ord1977‑28; Ord1981‑15; Ord1982‑15; Ord1982‑68; Ord1983‑34)
notified 19 September 1957 (Cwlth Gaz 1957 No 51)
commenced 19 September 1957
Scaffolding and Lifts Ordinance 1968 Ord1968‑5
notified 21 March 1968 (Cwlth Gaz 1968 No 26)
commenced 21 March 1968NoteThis ordinance only amends the Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1957 A1957‑8 .
Scaffolding and Lifts Ordinance 1974 Ord1974‑26
notified 30 July 1974 (Cwlth Gaz 1974 No 62)
commenced 30 July 1974NoteThis ordinance only amends the Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1957 A1957‑8 .
Scaffolding and Lifts Ordinance 1976 Ord1976‑7
notified 24 February 1976 (Cwlth Gaz 1976 No S38)
commenced 24 February 1976NoteThis ordinance only amends the Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1957 A1957‑8 .
Scaffolding and Lifts (Amendment) Ordinance 1977 Ord1977‑28
notified 1 July 1977 (Cwlth Gaz 1977 No S124)
commenced 1 July 1977NoteThis ordinance only amends the Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1957 A1957‑8 .
Scaffolding and Lifts (Amendment) Ordinance 1981 Ord1981‑15
notified 30 June 1981 (Cwlth Gaz 1981 No S128)
commenced 30 June 1981NoteThis ordinance only amends the Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1957 A1957‑8 .
Scaffolding and Lifts (Amendment) Ordinance 1982 Ord1982‑15
notified 7 May 1982 (Cwlth Gaz 1982 No S93)
commenced 7 May 1982NoteThis ordinance only amends the Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1957 A1957‑8 .
Scaffolding and Lifts (Amendment) Ordinance (No 2) 1982 Ord1982‑68
notified 18 August 1982 (Cwlth Gaz 1982 No S174)
commenced 18 August 1982
NoteThis ordinance only amends the Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1957 A1957‑8 .
Scaffolding and Lifts (Amendment) Ordinance 1983 Ord1983‑34
notified 29 September 1983 (Cwlth Gaz 1983 No S226)
commenced 1 October 1983 (s 2)
NoteThis ordinance only amends the Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1957 A1957‑8 .
Regulations under the Scaffolding and Lifts Act, 1912 of the State of New South Wales in their application to the Territory (Amendment) SL1986‑9
notified 31 July 1986 (Cwlth Gaz 1986 No S375)
commenced 31 July 1986Self-Government (Consequential Amendments) Ordinance 1989 Ord1989‑38 sch 2
notified 10 May 1989 (Cwlth Gaz 1989 No S160)
s 1, s 2 commenced 10 May 1989 (s 2 (1))
sch 2 commenced 11 May 1989 (s 2 (2) and see Cwlth Gaz 1989 No S164)Legislation after becoming Territory enactment
Scaffolding and Lifts Regulations Amendment SL1999‑19
notified 30 September 1999 (Gaz 1999 No S57)
commenced 30 September 1999 (s 1)Occupational Health and Safety Legislation Regulations Amendment SL2000‑47 pt 3
notified 30 November 2000 (Gaz 2000 No 48)
commenced 30 November 2000 (s 1)Statute Law Amendment Act 2001 A2001‑11 sch 3
notified 29 March 2001 (Gaz 2001 No 13)
commenced 29 March 2001 (s 2)Legislation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 A2001-44 pt 359
notified 26 July 2001 (Gaz 2001 No 30)
s 1, s 2 commenced 26 July 2001 (IA s 10B)
pt 359 commenced 12 September 2001 (s 2 and see Gaz 2001 No S65)Statute Law Amendment Act 2007 A2007-3 sch 3 pt 3.92
notified LR 22 March 2007
s 1, s 2 taken to have commenced 1 July 2006 (LA s 75 (2))
sch 3 pt 3.92 commenced 12 April 2007 (s 2 (1))Work Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2009 A2009-28 sch 2 pt 2.11
notified LR 9 September 2009
s 1, s 2 commenced 9 September 2009 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 2 pt 2.11 commenced 1 October 2009 (s 2 and see Work Safety Act 2008 A2008-51, s 2 (1) (b) and CN2009-11)
4 Amendment history
Name of regulation
s 1am regs gazetted 9 March 1956; regs gazetted 22 June 1956
om A1957‑8 sch pt 2 (as am Ord1977‑28 s 5)
ins SL1999‑19 sch
am R2 LA
Dictionary
s 2om A1957‑8 sch pt 2 (as am Ord1977‑28 s 4)
ins A2007‑3 amdt 3.471
Notes
s 3defs reloc to dict A2007‑3 amdt 3.470
sub A2007‑3 amdt 3.471
def chief inspector ins A1957‑8 sch pt 2
om A2007‑3 amdt 3.469
def inspector ins A1957‑8 sch pt 2
om A2007‑3 amdt 3.469
def the Act sub A1957‑8 sch pt 2; A2001‑11 amdt 3.257
om A2001‑44 amdt 1.3879
def the Explosives Act 1905 ins A1957‑8 sch pt 2
om SL1999‑19 sch
s8 sub regs gazetted 1 September 1950
om A1957‑8 sch pt 2
s 9om regs gazetted 1 September 1950
s 10sub regs gazetted 1 September 1950
om A1957‑8 sch pt 2
s 11sub A1957‑8 sch pt 2
s 12om A1957‑8 sch pt 2
pt 3 hdgom A1957‑8 sch pt 2
s 15om A1957‑8 sch pt 2
Interpretation
div 4.1 hdgins R2 LA
Design, construction and erection of lifts
div 4.2 hdg(prev pt 4 div A hdg) renum R2 LA
s 17am A1957‑8 sch pt 2; regs renum R2 LA
s 18ss renum R2 LA
s 22ss renum R2 LA
s 23ss renum R2 LA
s 24ss renum R2 LA
s 25sub regs gazetted 3 December 1954
ss renum R2 LA
s 27ss renum R2 LA
s 28ss renum R2 LA
s 29ss renum R2 LA; ss renum R3 LA
s 31ss renum R2 LA
s 32ss renum R2 LA
s 33ss renum R2 LA
s 35am A1957‑8 sch pt 2; A2001‑11 amdt 3.258
s 39ss renum R2 LA
s 40ss renum R2 LA
s 41ss renum R2 LA
s 46ss renum R2 LA
s 51ss renum R2 LA
s 56ss renum R2 LA
s 61ss renum R2 LA
s 62ss renum R2 LA
s 63ss renum R2 LA
Maintenance of lifts
div 4.3 hdg(prev pt 4 div B hdg) renum R2 LA
s 67pars renum R2 LA
Use of lifts
div 4.4 hdg(prev pt 4 div C hdg) renum R2 LA
s 68am SL2000‑47 s 11; ss etc renum R2 LA
s 69am A1957‑8 sch pt 2
s 70am SL2000‑47 s 12
s 72Ains regs gazetted 22 June 1956
sub A1957‑8 sch pt 2 (as am Ord1974‑26 s 2; Ord1977‑28 s 5)
am A1957‑8 sch pt 2 (as am Ord1981‑15 s 2; Ord1982‑68 s 2)
om A1957‑8 sch pt 2 (as am Ord1983‑34) s 5)
General
div 5.1 hdg(prev pt 5 div A hdg) renum R2 LA
s 73am A1957‑8 sch pt 2 (as am Ord1976‑7 s 2); ss etc renum R2 LA
s 75ss renum R2 LA
s 76om regs gazetted 22 June 1956
Construction, erecting, adding to, altering, repairing, finishing, painting and cleaning buildings and structures
div 5.2 hdg(prev pt 5 div B hdg) renum R2 LA
s 78ss renum R2 LA
s 79ss renum R2 LA
s 80ss renum R2 LA
s 81ss renum R2 LA
s 82am A1957‑8 sch pt 2; A2001‑11 amdt 3.259; ss etc renum R2 LA
s 83am A1957‑8 sch pt 2; ss etc renum R2 LA
Demolition of buildings and structures
div 5.3 hdg(prev pt 5 div C hdg) renum R2 LA
s 84am regs gazetted 22 June 1956; SL1999‑19 sch; ss etc renum R2 LA; A2009‑28 amdt 2.27
s 86ss etc renum R2 LA
s 87am regs gazetted 3 December 1954; ss etc renum R2 LA
s 88ss renum R2 LA
s 89ss etc renum R2 LA
s 90ss renum R2 LA
s 91ss etc renum R2 LA
s 92ss etc renum R2 LA
s 93ss etc renum R2 LA
s 94ss renum R2 LA
General
div 7.1 hdg(prev pt 7 div A hdg) renum R2 LA
s 95am regs gazetted 3 December 1954; regs gazetted 22 June 1956; ss renum R2 LA
Cofferdams and caissons
div 7.2 hdg(prev pt 7 div B hdg) renum R2 LA
Trenches
div 7.3 hdg(prev pt 7 div C hdg) renum R2 LA
s 97ss renum R2 LA
Shafts, wells and tunnels
div 7.4 hdg(prev pt 7 div D hdg) renum R2 LA
s 98ss renum R2 LA
Diving
div 8.1 hdg(prev pt 8 div A hdg) renum R2 LA
s 99am regs gazetted 22 June 1956; A1957‑8 sch pt 2; SL1999‑19 sch; ss etc renum R2 LA
Tunnelling
div 8.2 hdg(prev pt 8 div B hdg) renum R2 LA
s 100am regs gazetted 22 June 1956; A1957‑8 sch pt 2; SL1986‑9 s 3; SL1999‑19 sch; ss etc renum R2 LA
Caissons
div 8.3 hdgrenum R2 LA
s 101am regs gazetted 22 June 1956; A1957‑8 sch pt 2; SL1986‑9; SL1999‑19 s 2 sch; ss etc renum R2 LA
pt 9 hdgom SL1999‑19 sch
s 102om SL1999‑19 sch
s 103am A1957‑8 sch pt 2
om SL1999‑19 sch
s 104om SL1999‑19 sch
s 105om SL1999‑19 sch
s 106om SL1999‑19 sch
s 107om SL1999‑19 sch
s 108om SL1999‑19 sch
s 109om SL1999‑19 sch
s 110om SL1999‑19 sch
s 111om SL1999‑19 sch
s 112om SL1999‑19 sch
s 113om SL1999‑19 sch
s 114om SL1999‑19 sch
s 115om SL1999‑19 sch
s 116om SL1999‑19 sch
s 117om SL1999‑19 sch
s 118om SL1999‑19 sch
Explosive-powered tools—safety measures
pt 9A hdgsub A2007‑3 amdt 3.472
s 118Ains regs gazetted 9 March 1956
s 118Bins regs gazetted 9 March 1956; ss etc renum R2 LA
s 118Cins regs gazetted 9 March 1956; ss renum R2 LA
s 118Dins regs gazetted 9 March 1956; ss etc renum R2 LA
s 118Eins regs gazetted 9 March 1956; ss etc renum R2 LA
s 118Fins regs gazetted 9 March 1956; ss renum R2 LA
s 118Gins regs gazetted 9 March 1956; ss renum R2 LA
s 118Hins regs gazetted 9 March 1956
First-aid equipment
div 10.1 hdg(prev pt 10 div A hdg) renum R2 LA
s 119am regs gazetted 3 December 1954; ss renum R2 LA
Shelter, change and dining accommodation
div 10.2 hdg(prev pt 10 div B hdg) renum R2 LA
s 120ss etc renum R2 LA
Sanitary conveniences and washing facilities
div 10.3 hdg(prev pt 10 div C hdg) renum R2 LA
s 121am A1957‑8 sch pt 2 (as am Ord1968‑5 s 2); SL1986‑9 s 4; ss etc renum R2 LA
s 122am A1957‑8 sch pt 2; ss etc renum R2 LA
s 123ss renum R2 LA
s 124ss renum R2 LA
s 125ss renum R2 LA
s 126ss etc renum R2 LA
s 127am regs gazetted 5 August 1955; A2001‑11 amdt 3.260; ss etc renum R2 LA
s 128ss renum R2 LA
s 129ss renum R2 LA
s 130am regs gazetted 3 December 1954; ss renum R2 LA
s 131ss renum R2 LA
s 132am regs gazetted 5 August 1955; ss etc renum R2 LA
s 132Ains regs gazetted 1 March 1957; ss renum R2 LA
s 133ss renum R2 LA
s 134ss renum R2 LA
s 135ss renum R2 LA
s 136ss renum R2 LA
s 137ss renum R2 LA
s 138am SL2000‑47 s 13; ss renum R2 LA
s 139ss etc renum R2 LA
s 140ss renum R2 LA
s 141ss renum R2 LA
s 142ss etc renum R2 LA
s 143am A1957‑8 sch pt 2; A2001‑11 amdt 3.261; ss etc renum R2 LA
s 144am regs gazetted 19 October 1956; A2001‑11 amdt 3.262; ss etc renum R2 LA
s 145ss etc renum R2 LA
s 150pars renum R2 LA
s 151ss renum R2 LA
s 154pars etc renum R2 LA
s 156ss etc renum R2 LA
s 157ss renum R2 LA
s 158ss etc renum R2 LA
pt 14 hdgom SL2000‑47 s 14
s 159am regs gazetted 3 December 1954; A1957‑8 sch pt 2 (as am Ord1976‑7 s 3; Ord1977‑28 s 5; Ord1983‑34) s 5)
om SL2000‑47 s 14
s 160am regs gazetted 3 December 1954; A1957‑8 sch pt 2
om SL2000‑47 s 14
s 161am regs gazetted 3 December 1954; A1957‑8 sch pt 2
om SL2000‑47 s 14
pt 15 hdgom SL2000‑47 s 14
s 162am regs gazetted 3 December 1954; A1957‑8 sch pt 2 (as am Ord1977‑28 s 5; Ord1983‑34) s 5)
om SL2000‑47 s 14
s 163om A1957‑8 sch pt 2 (as am Ord1983‑34) s 5)
s 164am A1957‑8 sch pt 2 (as am Ord1977‑28 s 4); ss renum R2 LA
sch 1am regs gazetted 3 November 1950; regs gazetted 6 March 1953; regs gazetted 22 June 1956; A1957‑8 sch pt 2 (as am Ord1976‑7 s 2; Ord1977‑28 s 5; Ord1982‑15 s 2; Ord1982‑68 s 2)
om A1957‑8 sch pt 2 (as am Ord1983‑34) s 5)
sch 2am regs gazetted 22 June 1956; regs gazetted 19 October 1956
om A1957‑8 sch pt 2
Method of treatment of silica paint for the purpose of ascertaining the percentage of free silica present
sch 3 hdg(prev third sch hdg) renum R2 LA
sch 3items renum R2 LA
Processes to which regulation 73 (1) (o) applies
sch 4 hdg(prev fourth sch hdg) renum R2 LA
Method of treatment of a lead compound for the purpose of determining the percentage of dry compound of lead
sch 5 hdg(prev fifth sch hdg) renum R2 LA
sch 5items renum R2 LA
sch 6om SL1999‑19 sch
sch 7 hdg(prev seventh sch hdg) renum R2 LA
Medical standards and examination report for compressed air workers
sch 8 hdg(prev eighth sch hdg) renum R2 LA
sch 8pars renum R2 LA
Symptoms and treatment of compressed air illness
sch 9 hdg(prev ninth sch hdg) renum R2 LA
sch 9cl etc renum R2 LA
Dictionary
dictins A2007‑3 amdt 3.473
def analogous reloc from s 3 A2007‑3 amdt 3.470
def approved reloc from s 3 A2007‑3 amdt 3.470
def axial stress reloc from s 3 A2007‑3 amdt 3.470
def bearing pressure reloc from s 3 A2007‑3 amdt 3.470
def birdcage scaffolding ins A2007‑3 amdt 3.473
def cantilever scaffolding ins A2007‑3 amdt 3.473
def conveyor ins A2007‑3 amdt 3.473
def dead loads reloc from s 3 A2007‑3 amdt 3.470
def designed reloc from s 3 A2007‑3 amdt 3.470
def drawings reloc from s 3 A2007‑3 amdt 3.470
def dynamically irreversible reloc from s 3 A2007‑3 amdt 3.470
def dynamically reversible reloc from s 3 A2007‑3 amdt 3.470
def explosive-powered tool ins A2007‑3 amdt 3.473
def fixed end reloc from s 3 A2007‑3 amdt 3.470
def forged steel reloc from s 3 A2007‑3 amdt 3.470
def free end reloc from s 3 A2007‑3 amdt 3.470
def heavy duty scaffolding ins A2007‑3 amdt 3.473
def high tensile structural steelreloc from s 3 A2007‑3 amdt 3.470
def hinged end reloc from s 3 A2007‑3 amdt 3.470
def in commission reloc from s 3 A2007‑3 amdt 3.470
def independent pole scaffolding ins A2007‑3 amdt 3.473
def light duty scaffolding ins A2007‑3 amdt 3.473
def light swinging stage ins A2007‑3 amdt 3.473
def limiting reloc from s 3 A2007‑3 amdt 3.470
def live loads reloc from s 3 A2007‑3 amdt 3.470
def mild steel reloc from s 3 A2007‑3 amdt 3.470
def projectile ins A2007‑3 amdt 3.473
def qualified operator ins A2007‑3 amdt 3.473
def roller reloc from s 3 A2007‑3 amdt 3.470
def run ins A2007‑3 amdt 3.473
def S.A.A. Wiring Rules reloc from s 3 A2007‑3 amdt 3.470
def safety gear ins A2007‑3 amdt 3.473
def safe working load (or working load) reloc from s 3 A2007‑3 amdt 3.470
def second-hand reloc from s 3 A2007‑3 amdt 3.470
def section reloc from s 3 A2007‑3 amdt 3.470
def service lift ins A2007‑3 amdt 3.473
def single pole scaffolding ins A2007‑3 amdt 3.473
def static counterbalance weights reloc from s 3 A2007‑3 amdt 3.470
def strength reloc from s 3 A2007‑3 amdt 3.470
def stress reloc from s 3 A2007‑3 amdt 3.470
def suspended scaffolding ins A2007‑3 amdt 3.473
def toe board ins A2007‑3 amdt 3.473
def tool ins A2007‑3 amdt 3.473
def transverse stress reloc from s 3 A2007‑3 amdt 3.470
def under power reloc from s 3 A2007‑3 amdt 3.470
def use ins A2007‑3 amdt 3.473
def work ins A2007‑3 amdt 3.473
def working load reloc from s 3 A2007‑3 amdt 3.470
5 Earlier republications
Some earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to the publication order.
Since 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in electronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register. A selection of authorised republications have also been published in printed format. These republications are marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1. Electronic and printed versions of an authorised republication are identical.
Republication No Amendments to Republication date 1 SL1986‑9 31 October 1993 2 A2001‑44 11 September 2002 3 A2001‑44 4 November 2004 4 A2007‑3 12 April 2007
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