Victorian Numbered Regulations

EQUIPMENT (PUBLIC SAFETY) REGULATIONS 2017 (SR NO 23 OF 2017) - REG 15

    (1)     A designer of prescribed equipment that is designed to be operated or attended by more than one person and has more than one emergency stop device fitted, must ensure that the design provides for the emergency stop devices to be of the type that ensures that, if an emergency stop device has been used, the prescribed equipment can be restarted only if—

        (a)     that emergency stop device is manually reset; and

        (b)     the start function is manually activated.

Penalty:     100 penalty units for a natural person;

400 penalty units for a body corporate.

    (2)     A designer of prescribed equipment who includes an emergency stop device for the prescribed equipment must ensure that the design provides—

        (a)     for the device to be prominent, clearly and durably marked and immediately accessible to each operator of the prescribed equipment; and

        (b)     for any handle, bar or push button associated with the device to be coloured red; and

        (c)     that the device cannot be adversely affected by electrical or electronic circuit malfunction.

Penalty:     100 penalty units for a natural person;

400 penalty units for a body corporate.