Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) In this
regulation —
licensed person , in relation to a type of
prescribed equipment, means a person who holds a high risk work licence
authorising the person to do high risk work of a class that involves the use
of that type of prescribed equipment;
prescribed equipment means —
(a) a
crane or a hoist of a type (including a vehicle‑mounted concrete placing
boom but excluding a boom‑type elevating work platform) the use of which
constitutes, or is included in, high risk work of a class listed in column 3
of the Table in Schedule 6.3 clause 7; or
(b) a
pressure equipment of a type the use of which constitutes, or is included in,
high risk work of a class listed in column 3 of the Table in Schedule 6.3
clause 11;
use has the same meaning as in Schedule 6.3.
(2) A licensed person
using a type of prescribed equipment must not leave the equipment while it is
in use unless another licensed person has taken over control of it.
Penalty for a person who commits the offence as an
employee:
(a) for
a first offence, $5 000; and
(b) for
a subsequent offence, $6 250.
Penalty in any other case:
(a) for
a first offence, $25 000; and
(b) for
a subsequent offence, $31 250.
[Regulation 6.3 inserted in Gazette
24 Aug 2007 p. 4265‑6.]
[Heading inserted in Gazette 24 Aug 2007
p. 4266.]