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CONSTRUCTION CAMP REGULATIONS - REG 5

5 .         Definitions

                In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires — 

        artificial light means light sufficient to illuminate the entire room at 54 lumens per square metre of general illumination, measured on a horizontal plane 915 millimetres above the floor;

        construction camp means any camp used for a duration of more than 6 months though not necessarily in the one location, for the accommodation of a work force of more than 25 persons in conjunction with — 

            (a)         the construction of a railway line or siding;

            (b)         the construction, structural alteration or demolition of — 

                  (i)         a building;

                  (ii)         a dock, wharf, jetty, pier, breakwater, tunnel, dam, viaduct, reservoir, pipeline, gasholder; and

                  (iii)         waterworks or sewerage works;

            (c)         the preparation of an area for mining operations; and

            (d)         any other work that requires a temporary resident work force,

        but does not include — 

            (e)         camps used for defence purposes; and

            (f)         wayside camps of drovers or teamsters;

        dining room means a dining room in any construction camp to which this Part applies;

        effective air conditioning means the distribution of filtered air into an enclosed space at controlled temperatures and humidity and effectively air conditioned has a corresponding meaning;

        kitchen means a kitchen in any construction camp to which this Part applies;

        occupier means a person having the charge, management or control of premises, and where 2 or more persons share or jointly have the charge, management or control of premises, each of those persons;

        sleeping quarters means sleeping quarters in any construction camp to which this Part applies.

        [Regulation 5 amended in Gazette 18 Nov 1970 p. 3586; 3 May 1974 p. 1428.]



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