Victorian Numbered Regulations

EQUIPMENT (PUBLIC SAFETY) REGULATIONS 2017 (SR NO 23 OF 2017) - REG 45

    (1)     A person in charge of prescribed equipment at an equipment site must notify the Authority immediately after becoming aware of an incident involving the equipment which exposed a person in the immediate vicinity of the equipment to an immediate risk to that person's health or safety through—

        (a)     the collapse, overturning, failure or malfunction of, or damage to prescribed equipment specified in subregulation (2); or

        (b)     an implosion, explosion or fire.

Penalty:     60 penalty units for a natural person;

300 penalty units for a body corporate.

    (2)     For the purposes of this regulation the following prescribed equipment is specified—

        (a)     boilers with a hazard level A, B or C as determined by AS 4343 Pressure equipment—Hazard levels;

        (b)     pressure vessels with a hazard level A, B or C as determined by AS 4343, Pressure Equipment—Hazard levels, other than—

              (i)     gas cylinders to which AS 2030—Gas Cylinders applies; and

Note

See the definition of AS 2030—Gas Cylinders which encompasses AS 2030.1, AS 2030.2, AS 2030.4 and AS 2030.5.

              (ii)     liquefied petroleum gas fuel vessels for automotive use to which AS/NZS 3509—LP Gas fuel vessels for automotive use
applies; and

              (iii)     serially produced vessels to which AS 2971—Serially produced pressure vessels applies;

        (c)     tower cranes, including self-erecting tower cranes;

        (d)     lifts;

        (e)     building maintenance units;

        (f)     amusement structures to which AS 3533.1, Amusement rides and devices—Part 1: Design and construction applies, other than amusement structures determined by AS 3533.1 to be class 1;

        (g)     concrete-placing booms;

        (h)     mobile cranes with a rated capacity greater than 10 tonnes, other than reach stackers;

              (i)     chairlifts.