What kinds of plant design or alteration to plant design requires registration?

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Schedule 4.1 of the Occupational Safety and Health Regulations require the design and alterations to design of the following kinds of plant to be registered. [Regulations 4.2, 4.3(1) and 4.12]

  • Amusement structures within the scope of AS 3533 other than Class 1 devices
  • Boom type elevating work platforms
  • Bridge cranes with a safe working load greater than 10 tonnes, or which are designed to handle molten metal or dangerous goods
  • Building maintenance units
  • Gantry cranes with a safe working load greater than 5 tonnes, or which are designed to handle molten metal or dangerous goods
  • Gas cylinders
  • Hoists, other than elevating work platforms, that have a platform movement in excess of 2.4 metres and which are designed to lift people
  • Lifts
  • Mast climbing work platforms
  • Mobile cranes, other than tow trucks, with a safe working load greater than 10 tonnes
  • Pre-fabricated scaffolding systems
  • Pressure equipment categorized as hazard level A, B, C or D according to the criteria set out in AS 4343, but not pressure piping
  • Tower cranes
  • Vehicle hoists which, in order to work, require the supply of energy of a kind other than, or in addition to, the energy supplied by the exertion of the body of a human or an animal
  • Work boxes

​Use this table when filling out Section 2 of Application 100: Registration of plant design or alteration to plant design.​

Types of plant requiring registration of design and alterations to design
Occupational Safety and Health Regulations 1996
Kind of plant (Schedule 4.1)    Design standard (Schedule 4.3)  Plant type

Amusement structure

AS 3533.1 – 2005   

Inflatable structure

 

AS 3533.1 – 1997    

Patron operated ride

 

AS 3533.1 – 1997    

Rail based ride

 

AS 3533.1 – 1997    

Rotating ride

 

AS 3533.1 – 1997

Water based ride

 

AS 3533.1 – 1997    

Other

Boom type elevating work platform

AS 1418.10 – 2004 

Self propelled

 

AS 1418.10 – 2004 

Trailer mounted

 

AS 1418.10 – 2004  

Vehicle mounted

Bridge crane

AS 1418.3 – 1997 

Top running bridge crane

 

AS 1418.3 – 1997 

Underslung bridge crane

Building maintenance unit

AS 1418.13 – 1996 

Building maintenance unit

Gantry crane

 AS 1418.3 – 1997   

Gantry crane

 

AS 1418.3 – 1997

Semi-gantry crane  

Gas cylinder

AS 2030.1 – 2009 

Cylinder for compressed gases other than acetylene

 

AS 2030.2 – 1996

Cylinder for dissolved acetylene

 

AS 2030.4 – 1985 

Welded cylinder – Insulated

Hoist

AS 1418.2 – 1997

Scaffolding hoist

 

AS 1418.7 – 1999

Personnel and materials hoist

 

AS 1418.8 – 2002 

Platform hoist

Lift

AS 1735.1 – 2003

Passenger and goods lift – Electric

 

AS 1735.2 – 2001

Passenger and goods lift – Electric

 

AS 1735.3 – 2002

Passenger and goods lift – Hydraulic

 

AS 1735.4 – 1986

Service lift

 

AS 1735.5 – 2003

Escalator

 

AS 1735.5 – 2003

Moving walk

 

AS 1735.7 – 1998

Stairway lift

 

AS 1735.8 – 1986

Inclined lift

 

AS 1735.9 – 1994

Special purpose industrial lift

 

AS 1735.13 – 1986

Lift for persons with limited mobility – Manually powered

 

AS 1735.14 – 1998  

Low-rise platform for passengers

 

AS 1735.15 – 2002  

Low-rise passenger lift – Non-automatically controlled

 

AS 1735.16 – 1993 

Lift for persons with limited mobility – Automatically controlled

 

AS 1735.17 – 1995

Lift for people with limited mobility – Water-drive

Mast climbing work platform

AS 1418.16 – 1997

Mast climbing work platform

Mobile crane

AS 1418.5 – 2002 

Articulated crane

 

AS 1418.5 – 2002 

Crawler crane

 

AS 1418.5 – 2002

Trailer mounted crane

 

AS 1418.5 – 2002

Truck mounted crane

 

AS 1418.11 – 2007

Vehicle self loading crane

Pre-fabricated scaffolding system

AS/NZS 1576.3 – 1995

Frame Scaffolding

 

AS/NZS 1576.3 – 1995

Modular Scaffolding

 

AS/NZS 1576.3 – 1995

Tower Frame Scaffolding

Pressure equipment 

AS/NZS 1200 – 2000 (See Note 1) 

Boiler – Electric 

 

AS/NZS 1200 – 2000 (See Note 1) 

Boiler – Fire tube

 

AS/NZS 1200 – 2000 (See Note 1)

Boiler – Water tube

 

AS/NZS 1200 – 2000 (See Note 1)

Boiler – Miscellaneous

 

AS/NZS 1200 – 2000 (See Note 1)

Pressure vessel – Air receiver

 

AS/NZS 1200 – 2000 (See Note 1)

Pressure vessel – Gas receiver

 

AS/NZS 1200 – 2000 (See Note 1) 

Pressure vessel – Heat exchanger

 

AS/NZS 1200 – 2000 (See Note 1)

Pressure vessel – Refrigeration

 

AS/NZS 1200 – 2000 (See Note 1) 

Pressure vessel – Autoclave

 

AS/NZS 1200 – 2000 (See Note 1)

Pressure vessel – Other 

Tower crane

AS 1418.4 – 2004 

Articulated jib crane

 

AS 1418.4 – 2004

Luffing crane

 

AS 1418.4 – 2004

Self-erecting crane

 

AS 1418.4 – 2004

Trolley jib crane

Vehicle hoist 

AS/NZS 1418.9 – 1996

Single post

 

AS/NZS 1418.9 – 1996

Two post

 

AS/NZS 1418.9 – 1996

Multi-post 

Work box  

AS 1418.17 – 1996

Work box

       

 

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