Workplace Health and Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 4) 2003 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 2003 No. 235 Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 4) 2003 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Commencement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Amendment of pt 11, div 3, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 Replacement of ss 75A and 75B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 75A Prohibition for employers—particular activities involving asbestos . 3 75B Prohibition for self-employed persons—particular activities involving asbestos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6 Replacement of s 111 (Keeping registers). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 111 Keeping register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7 Amendment of s 114 (Prohibited substances). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 8 Replacement of sch 1 (Fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 SCHEDULE 1 FEES 1 Registration, or renewal of registration, of registrable workplace. . . 6 2 Notification of building and construction work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3 Registration, or renewal of registration, of registrable plant . . . . . . . 7 4 Registration of registrable plant design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 5 Certificates—prescribed occupations and workplace health and safety officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 6 Certificates—prescribed activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2 Workplace Health and Safety Amendment Regulation No. 235, 2003 (No. 4) 2003 7 Certificate of appointment as an accredited provider . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 8 Report about occupational health and safety performance for the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 . . . . . . . . . . 11 9 Replacement of sch 7 (Prohibited substances) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 SCHEDULE 7 PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES AND ASBESTOS PRODUCTS AND PROHIBITED PURPOSES 1 Amosite, crocidolite, fibrous anthophyllite, tremolite or actinolite . . 12 2 Chrysotile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

s1 3 s5 Workplace Health and Safety Amendment Regulation No. 235, 2003 (No. 4) 2003 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Workplace Health and Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 4) 2003 . 2 Commencement (1) Sections 3 to 7 and 9 commence on 31 December 2003. (2) Section 8 commences on 1 February 2004. 3 Regulation amended This regulation amends the WorkplaceHealthandSafetyRegulation 1997. 4 Amendment of pt 11, div 3, hdg Part 11, division 3, heading— omit, insert— ‘Division 3—Prohibitions on particular activities involving asbestos ’. 5 Replacement of ss 75A and 75B Sections 75A and 75B— omit, insert— ‘75A Prohibition for employers—particular activities involving asbestos ‘ (1) An employer must not— (a) use or allow a worker to use a power tool to clean an asbestos product; or Examples of paragraph (a) — • using an electric sander to clean asbestos-cement sheeting before painting it • using an electric wire brush to remove an asbestos gasket from plant.

s5 4 s5 Workplace Health and Safety Amendment Regulation No. 235, 2003 (No. 4) 2003 (b) use or allow a worker to use a high pressure water process to clean an asbestos product or to clean up debris from an asbestos product; or Examples of paragraph (b) — • using a water blaster to clean an asbestos-cement sheeting roof • using a water blaster to clean up debris left after removing an asbestos-cement sheeting roof. (c) use or allow a worker to use compressed air to clean— (i) an asbestos product; or Example of compliance with subparagraph (i) — Vehicle brake or clutch systems fitted with parts containing asbestos may be cleaned using a vacuum cleaner suitable for use with asbestos dust rather than blowing the dust away with compressed air. (ii) a surface where debris from an asbestos product is present. Example of subparagraph (ii) — Using compressed air to blow dust from clothing after working with asbestos-cement sheeting. ‘ (2) Subsection (1) is a workplace health and safety obligation for the Act. Note— See section 24 1 of the Act for the penalty for failing to discharge a workplace health and safety obligation. ‘75B Prohibition for self-employed persons—particular activities involving asbestos ‘ (1) A self-employed person must not— (a) use a power tool to clean an asbestos product; or (b) use a high pressure water process to clean an asbestos product or to clean up debris from an asbestos product; or (c) use compressed air to clean— (i) an asbestos product; or (ii) a surface where debris from an asbestos product is present. 1 Section 24 (Discharge of obligations) of the Act

s6 5 s7 Workplace Health and Safety Amendment Regulation No. 235, 2003 (No. 4) 2003 ‘ (2) Subsection (1) is a workplace health and safety obligation for the Act. Note— See section 24 2 of the Act for the penalty for failing to discharge a workplace health and safety obligation.’. 6 Replacement of s 111 (Keeping registers) Section 111— omit, insert— ‘111 Keeping register ‘ (1) An employer or self-employed person at a workplace must keep a register at the workplace containing— (a) a list of all hazardous substances used at the workplace; and (b) the current MSDS for each substance. Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. ‘ (2) The employer must allow the employer’s workers who may be exposed to a hazardous substance at the workplace to inspect the register at any reasonable time. Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. ‘ (3) This section does not apply to a retailer or retail warehouse operator if the hazardous substance is contained in a consumer package that will not be opened on the retailer’s or operator’s premises.’. 7 Amendment of s 114 (Prohibited substances) Section 114, heading and subsection (1)— omit, insert— ‘114 Prohibited substances and asbestos products ‘ (1) An employer or self-employed person must ensure a prohibited substance or prohibited asbestos product mentioned in schedule 7 3 is not 2 Section 24 (Discharge of obligations) of the Act 3 Schedule 7 (Prohibited substances and asbestos products and prohibited purposes)

s8 6 s8 Workplace Health and Safety Amendment Regulation No. 235, 2003 (No. 4) 2003 used for a prohibited purpose mentioned in that schedule for the substance or product at the employer’s or self-employed person’s workplace.’. 8 Replacement of sch 1 (Fees) Schedule 1— omit, insert— ‘SCHEDULE 1 ‘FEES section 4 ‘1 Registration, or renewal of registration, of registrable workplace ‘ (1) This section sets the fee for registration, or renewal of registration, of a registrable workplace. ‘ (2) If the main activity at the workplace is classified in schedule 2 as category 2 or 3 and more than 2 persons are employed between 1 February of the year and 31 January of the next year, the fee is— (a) $34.60; and (b) for each person, after the first 2 persons, employed at any time during the period— (i) for a category 2 workplace—$10.30; or (ii) for a category 3 workplace—$16.50. ‘ (3) In this section— “person” employed includes the employer, a self-employed person and a person employed part time or full time. ‘2 Notification of building and construction work ‘ (1) This section sets the fee for the notification of building and construction work. ‘ (2) The fee is 0.125% of the cost of the building and construction work.

s8 7 s8 Workplace Health and Safety Amendment Regulation No. 235, 2003 (No. 4) 2003 ‘3 Registration, or renewal of registration, of registrable plant ‘ (1) This section sets the fee for registration, or renewal of registration, of registrable plant. ‘ (2) The fee is— $ (a) for a boiler with a heating surface 1 — (i) not over 5 m 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.30 (ii) over 5 m 2 but not over 10 m 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.30 (iii) over 10 m 2 but not over 60 m 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207.80 (iv) over 60 m 2 but not over 500 m 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398.00 (v) over 500m 2 but not over 2 000 m 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.10 (vi) over 2000 m 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 189.10 (b) for an unfired pressure vessel with a capacity— (i) over 0.5 m 3 but not over 5 m 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.90 (ii) over 5 m 3 but not over 15 m 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.30 (iii) over 15 m 3 but not over 30 m 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.00 (iv) over 30 m 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.60 (c) for a crane or hoist (other than vehicle hoists, building maintenance units or elevating work platforms) with a safe working load— (i) not over 10 t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.60 (ii) over 10 t but not over 50 t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.70 (iii) over 50 t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293.60 (d) for a vehicle hoist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.30 (e) for a mobile elevating work platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.30 (f) for a building maintenance unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.00 (g) for an industrial lift truck with a capacity over 10 t. . . 84.70 (h) for a monorail transporter or aerial funicular device (other than an amusement device) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.50 plus 34.10 for each vehicle attached (i) for a service lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.30

s8 8 s8 Workplace Health and Safety Amendment Regulation No. 235, 2003 (No. 4) 2003 $ (j) for another lift (other than a lift installed in a private residence within the meaning given by AS 1735) . . . . 73.40 plus 17.00 for each floor (k) for an escalator or moving walkway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.80 (l) for an airconditioning unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.50 (m) for an amusement device that is classified in AS 3533 as— (i) a motorised class 1 amusement device . . . . . . . . 56.80 (ii) a class 2 amusement device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.60 (iii) a class 3 amusement device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170.60 (iv) a class 4 amusement device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.70 1 If the boiler is heated electrically, the fee is worked out under subsection (3). ‘ (3) If a boiler is heated electrically, the fee payable must be worked out on the basis that 1 kW equals 0.08 m 2 of heating surface. ‘4 Registration of registrable plant design ‘ (1) This section sets the fee for registration of registrable plant design. ‘ (2) The fee is— $ (a) for a water tube or fire tube boiler with a heating surface— (i) not over 100 m 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.60 (ii) over 100 m 2 but not over 2 000 m 2 . . . . . . . . . . . 453.90 (iii) over 2 000 m 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 222.10 (b) for a coil type forced circulation boiler . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.30 (c) for an electric element or electrode boiler . . . . . . . . . . 133.30 (d) for a tubular heat exchanger with a capacity— (i) not over 10 m 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180.90 (ii) over 10 m 3 but not over 50 m 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.30 (iii) over 50 m 3 but not over 100 m 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383.60 (iv) over 100 m 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459.00

s8 9 s8 Workplace Health and Safety Amendment Regulation No. 235, 2003 (No. 4) 2003 (e) for another unfired pressure vessel with a capacity— (i) not over 0.5 m 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (ii) over 0.5 m 3 but not over 10 m 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (iii) over 10 m 3 but not over 50 m 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (iv) over 50 m 3 but not over 100 m 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (v) over 100 m 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (f) for a gantry crane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (g) for a bridge crane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (h) for a monorail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (i) for a crane runway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (j) for a mobile crane with a safe working load— (i) not over 20 t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (ii) over 20 t. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (k) for an elevating work platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (l) for a vehicle hoist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (m) for a wall or pillar crane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (n) for a tower crane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (o) for a tower crane installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (p) for a building maintenance unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (q) for passenger and goods lifts— (i) for a building with 1-5 floors and— (A) 1 lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B) a bank of lifts with 2 lifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C) a bank of lifts with 3 lifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) a bank of lifts with 4 lifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (E) a bank of lifts with 5 lifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (F) a bank of lifts with 6 lifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (ii) for a building with 6-20 floors and— (A) 1 lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B) a bank of lifts with 2 lifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C) a bank of lifts with 3 lifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) a bank of lifts with 4 lifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (E) a bank of lifts with 5 lifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (F) a bank of lifts with 6 lifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 76.50 148.80 314.30 383.60 453.90 234.70 234.70 148.80 148.80 314.30 607.90 314.30 314.30 148.80 698.90 148.80 314.30 229.50 298.80 351.50 410.40 453.90 523.20 314.30 383.60 453.90 533.50 597.60 704.10

s 8 10 s 8 Workplace Health and Safety Amendment Regulation No. 235, 2003 (No. 4) 2003 (iii) for a building with over 20 floors and— (A) 1 lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B) a bank of lifts with 2 lifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C) a bank of lifts with 3 lifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) a bank of lifts with 4 lifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (E) a bank of lifts with 5 lifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (F) a bank of lifts with 6 lifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (r) for an escalator or moving walkway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (s) for each service lift in a building with— (i) 1-5 floors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (ii) over 5 floors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (t) for a stairway lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (u) for a private lift for disabled persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (v) for other plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 383.60 479.70 575.90 688.60 768.20 859.20 234.70 148.80 234.70 148.80 197.40 148.80 ‘ (3) However, if the application is for registration of a design that amends a registered design, the fee is half the full fee. ‘5 Certificates—prescribed occupations and workplace health and safety officers ‘ (1) This section sets the fee for, or in relation to— (a) a certificate to work in a prescribed occupation under part 3; or (b) a certificate of authority of appointment of a workplace health and safety officer under part 4. ‘ (2) The fee is— (a) for an assessment of qualifications or experience for a certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) for an application for a certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (c) for an application to replace a lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 23.20 46.00 23.20

s 9 11 s 9 Workplace Health and Safety Amendment Regulation No. 235, 2003 (No. 4) 2003 ‘6 Certificates—prescribed activities ‘ (1) This section sets the fees relating to a certificate to perform a prescribed activity under part 3A. ‘ (2) The fee is— (a) for an application for a certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) for an application to replace a lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 46.00 23.20 ‘7 Certificate of appointment as an accredited provider ‘ (1) This section sets the fees relating to a certificate of appointment as an accredited provider. ‘ (2) The fee is— (a) for an assessment of an application for a certificate . . (b) for an application for a certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (c) for an application to replace a lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 394.90 46.00 23.20 ‘8 Report about occupational health and safety performance for the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 ‘ (1) This section sets the fee for the preparation of a report about the occupational health and safety performance of an employer or group employer for an application or renewal for self-insurance under the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 . ‘ (2) The fee is calculated as follows— $ (a) for an employer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827.20 (b) for a group employer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1099.10.’. 9 Replacement of sch 7 (Prohibited substances) Schedule 7—

s 9 12 s 9 Workplace Health and Safety Amendment Regulation No. 235, 2003 (No. 4) 2003 omit, insert— ‘SCHEDULE 7 ‘PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES AND ASBESTOS PRODUCTS AND PROHIBITED PURPOSES section 114 ‘1 Amosite, crocidolite, fibrous anthophyllite, tremolite or actinolite ‘ (1) Amosite, crocidolite, fibrous anthophyllite, tremolite and actinolite are prohibited substances. ‘ (2) A thing containing amosite, crocidolite, fibrous anthophyllite, tremolite or actinolite is a prohibited asbestos product. ‘ (3) The prohibited purpose for the prohibited substances or the prohibited asbestos product is a purpose other than any of the following— (a) analysis, research or sampling; (b) maintenance; (c) removal or disposal; (d) encapsulation or enclosure. ‘2 Chrysotile ‘ (1) Chrysotile is a prohibited substance. ‘ (2) A thing, other than a product or item exempted under the national model regulations, containing chrysotile is a prohibited asbestos product. ‘ (3) The prohibited purpose for chrysotile is a purpose other than— (a) analysis, research or sampling; or (b) removal or disposal. ‘ (4) The prohibited purpose for the prohibited asbestos product mentioned in subsection (2) is a purpose other than any of the following— (a) analysis, research or sampling;

s 9 13 s 9 Workplace Health and Safety Amendment Regulation No. 235, 2003 (No. 4) 2003 (b) removal or disposal; (c) display of an artefact or other thing that is, or forms part of, the prohibited asbestos product, or work to prepare or maintain the artefact or thing for display; Examples of an artefact or other thing for paragraph (c) — • a locomotive, steam engine or vehicle in a museum or historical display • an artefact that is an ornament. (d) to use the prohibited asbestos product in the position where it was installed immediately before 31 December 2003; Examples — • to use brake shoes, containing chrysotile, installed in a car before 31 December 2003 • to paint, or cut a hole in, an asbestos-cement wall panel, containing chrysotile, installed before 31 December 2003. (e) to reinstall the prohibited asbestos product in the position where it was installed immediately before 31 December 2003; Example — To reinstall an asbestos-cement wall panel or arc shield, containing chrysotile, in the position where it was installed immediately before 31 December 2003. ‘ (5) In this section— “national model regulations” means NOHSC’s document entitled ‘National Model Regulations for the Control of Workplace Hazardous Substances [NOHSC:1005]’, schedule 2.’.

14 Workplace Health and Safety Amendment Regulation No. 235, 2003 (No. 4) 2003 ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 25 September 2003. 2. Notified in the gazette on 26 September 2003. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Industrial Relations. © State of Queensland 2003