(1) In this Act,
"construction work" means any of the following work--
(a) the construction,
alteration, repair, restoration, maintenance, extension, demolition or
dismantling of buildings or structures forming, or to form, part of land
(whether permanent or not),
(b) the construction, alteration, repair,
restoration, maintenance, extension, demolition or dismantling of any works
forming, or to form, part of land, including walls, roadworks, power-lines,
telecommunication apparatus, aircraft runways, docks and harbours, railways,
inland waterways, pipelines, reservoirs, water mains, wells, sewers,
industrial plant and installations for purposes of land drainage or coast
protection,
(c) the installation in any building, structure or works of
fittings forming, or to form, part of land, including heating, lighting,
air-conditioning, ventilation, power supply, drainage, sanitation, water
supply, fire protection, security and communications systems,
(d) the
external or internal cleaning of buildings, structures and works, so far as it
is carried out in the course of their construction, alteration, repair,
restoration, maintenance or extension,
(e) any operation which forms an
integral part of, or is preparatory to or is for rendering complete, work of
the kind referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c), including--
(i) site
clearance, earth-moving, excavation, tunnelling and boring, and
(ii) the
laying of foundations, and
(iii) the erection, maintenance or dismantling of
scaffolding, and
(iv) the prefabrication of components to form part of any
building, structure or works, whether carried out on-site or off-site, and
(v) site restoration, landscaping and the provision of roadways and other
access works,
(f) the painting or decorating of the internal or external
surfaces of any building, structure or works,
(g) any other work of a kind
prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection.
(2)
Despite subsection (1),
"construction work" does not include any of the following work--
(a) the
drilling for, or extraction of, oil or natural gas,
(b) the extraction
(whether by underground or surface working) of minerals, including tunnelling
or boring, or constructing underground works, for that purpose,
(c) any other
work of a kind prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this
subsection.