Roll‑over protection on tractors
216 Roll‑over protection on tractors
The person with management or control of a tractor at a workplace must ensure that the tractor is not used unless it is securely fitted with a roll‑over protective structure.
Maximum penalty: tier E monetary penalty.
Note Strict liability applies to each physical element of each offence under this regulation, unless otherwise stated (see s 6A).
If a tractor is used in a place that is too low for the tractor to work while it is fitted with a roll‑over protective structure, the structure may be lowered or removed for the period during which the tractor is used in such a situation (but only if other measures to minimise the risk of roll‑over are in place).
This section does not apply if the tractor is—
installed in a fixed position, and in a manner which would no longer permit it to be used as powered mobile plant; or
a tractor with a mass of less than 560kg or a mass of 15 000kg or more; or
being used for a historical purpose or activity.
In this section:
historical purpose or activity, in relation to the use of a tractor, includes an activity ancillary to a historical activity.
Examples
1 Historical activity—a historical display, parade, demonstration or re‑enactment.
2 Activity ancillary to a historical activity— restoring, maintaining, modifying or housing a tractor used, or to be used, for a historical activity.
roll‑over protective structure means a structure designed to protect a tractor operator from injury if the tractor rolls over in any direction.
Note Section 214 and s 215 also apply to a tractor.
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