Work Health and Safety Regulations 2022

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. In the case of – an individual, a fine not exceeding $6 000; or a body corporate, a fine not exceeding $30 000.

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 regulation 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 560 kilograms or a mass of 15 000 kilograms or more; or being used for a historical purpose or activity.

In this regulation – historical purpose or activity, in relation to the use of a tractor, includes an activity ancillary to 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.