(1)
"Protected work" means any of the following work—
(a) the construction,
alteration, repair, restoration, maintenance, extension, demolition or
dismantling of buildings, whether permanent or not, forming, or to form, part
of land;
(b) the construction, alteration, repair, restoration, maintenance,
extension, demolition or dismantling of any works forming, or to form, part of
land, including walls, roadworks, powerlines, telecommunication apparatus,
aircraft runways, docks and harbours, railways, inland waterways, pipelines,
reservoirs, water mains, wells, sewers, industrial plant and installations for
land drainage or coast protection;
(c) the installation in any building or
other 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 and other works, so far as it is
carried out in the course of their construction, alteration, repair,
restoration, maintenance or extension;
(e) any operation that forms an
integral part of, or is preparatory to or is for completing, work of the kind
referred to in paragraph (a) , (b) or (c) , including—
(i) site clearance,
earthmoving, 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 or other 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 or other works;
(g) the testing of soils and road making
materials during the construction and maintenance of roads;
(h) the
prefabrication of complete buildings or components of a building or other
works, whether carried out on-site or off-site;
(i) any other work of a kind
prescribed by regulation.
(2) However,
"protected 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;
