Building or construction work

In force

Subject to clause 2, for the purposes of this Act, building or construction work will be taken to include:

(a)

the construction, erection, alteration, repair, renovation, demolition or removal of a building or structure;

(b)

the construction, alteration or repair of any road, street, parking area, footpath, thoroughfare (for pedestrians or vehicles), kerbing, guttering, roundabout, median strip, or the performance of other similar roadworks;

(c)

the construction, alteration, repair, demolition or removal of any railway, tramway or busway, or of any platform, signals or other structure in connection with a railway, tramway or busway;

(d)

the construction, alteration, repair or removal of an aircraft runway, or a landing pad;

(e)

the construction, alteration, repair, demolition or removal of a harbour, breakwater, retaining wall or marina;

(f)

the performance of dredging work;

(g)

the construction, alteration, repair, demolition or removal of a dam, weir, reservoir or other embankment or structure for the catchment, collection, storage, control or diversion of water;

(h)

the laying, placing or installing of pipes, cables or other prefabricated materials in, on or above the ground;

(i)

the performance of excavation work;

(j)

the construction, erection, installation, alteration, repair, demolition or removal of any system or plant associated with the conveyance, collection, storage, treatment or distribution of water or gas;

(k)

on site electrical or mechanical services work, including on site work that is related to the construction, erection, installation, alteration, repair, servicing or dismantling of any plant, plant facility or equipment;

(l)

the on site construction, erection, installation, alteration, repair, renovation, demolition or removal of—

(i)

a lift or escalator;

(ii)

any air-conditioning, ventilation or refrigeration system or equipment;

(m)

the construction, repair, alteration or removal of a playfield, golf-course, race course, stadium, swimming pool or other sporting or recreational facility;

(n)

landscaping or the construction, alteration or removal of a park or garden;

(o)

the removal of asbestos from a building or from any machinery, plant or equipment located in or on a building;

(p)

building or construction work associated with any operation under the Petroleum Act 1940, the

Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982, the

Mining Act 1971 or the

Offshore Minerals Act 2000 or the

Opal Mining Act 1995;

(q)

any site preparation work (including pile driving) preliminary to the performance of any work referred to above;

(r)

any other kind of work prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this provision.

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