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WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 1995 - SECT 14

14 What is construction work

(1) Work is construction work if it is--

(a) work to erect, construct, extend, alter, convert, fit-out, commission, renovate, repair, refurbish, disassemble or decommission a structure, or part of a structure; or
(b) work connected with site preparation, excavation and landscaping for work mentioned in paragraph (a); or
(c) the assembly or installation of prefabricated components to form a structure, or part of a structure, for work mentioned in paragraph (a); or
(d) the disassembly of prefabricated components for work mentioned in paragraph (a) that, immediately before the disassembly, formed a structure or part of a structure; or
(e) an activity that is a prescribed activity.

(2) Work is not construction work to the extent it is carried out at a workplace, as part of a business or undertaking, if the work is to erect or construct a structure that, when erected or constructed, is intended to be transported to another place.

Example of what is not construction work--
construction of a manufactured home or prefabricated building

(3) Construction work is taken to stop--

(a) when the construction work at the workplace where the construction work is being performed ends and possession of the workplace is returned to the client; or
(b) if the client remains in possession of the workplace where the construction work is being performed while the work is performed--when the construction work at the workplace ends.


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