Sunday, September 11, 2011

WSH (Operation of Cranes) Regulations 2011

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

PART I - PRELIMINARY

1. Citation and commencement
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Workplace Safety and Health (Operation of Cranes) Regulations 2011 and shall, with the exception of regulation 5(4) and (5), come into operation on 10th September 2011.
(2) Regulation 5(4) and (5) shall come into operation on 1st September 2013.

2. Definitions
3. Application
PART II - GENERAL PROVISIONS
4. Lifting plan
5. Only registered crane operator to operate a mobile crane and tower crane
PART III - REGISTRATION OF CRANE OPERATORS
6. Application for registration to be crane operator
7. Requirements for registration as crane operator
8. Certificate of registration
9. Register of crane operators
10. Production of certificate of registration upon request
11. Renewal of registration
12. Conditions for renewal of registration as crane operator
13. Suspension and cancellation of registration
14. Notice of suspension and cancellation of registration
15. Surrender of certificate
16. Duties of crane operator
PART IV - APPOINTMENT AND DUTIES OF PERSONNEL
17. Appointment and duties of lifting supervisor
18. Appointment and duties of rigger
19. Appointment and duties of signalman
PART V - INSTALLATION, REPAIR, ALTERATION, TESTING AND DISMANTLING OF MOBILE CRANE OR TOWER CRANE
20. Only approved crane contractor to install, repair, alter or dismantle mobile
crane or tower crane
21. Application for approval to be approved crane contractor
22. Certificate of approval
23. Production of certificate of approval upon request
24. Suspension or cancellation of certificate
25. Notice of suspension or cancellation of certificate
26. Duties of approved crane contractor
27. Duties of owner of mobile crane and tower crane
PART VI - MISCELLANEOUS
28. Offence
29. Revocation
30. Savings and transitional provision

The Schedules
FIRST SCHEDULE - TYPES OF MOBILE CRANES
SECOND SCHEDULE - TYPES OF TOWER CRANES
THIRD SCHEDULE - FEES
1. An application for registration as a crane operator - $20
2. An application for renewal of registration as a crane operator - $20
3. To replace a certificate of registration as a crane operator - $10 per certificate to be replaced
4. An application for approval as a crane contractor - $150
5. An application for renewal of approval as a crane contractor - $150.

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