Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01083:reg:5:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01083
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 5/11)
Character Range: 55571–58381

Commission established by section 89A of the Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1989.
Commonwealth worker means a person who carries out work, or is taken to carry out work, for a business or undertaking conducted by:
 (a) the Commonwealth; or
 (b) a public authority; or
 (c) a non‑Commonwealth licensee.
competency assessment, in Part 4.5, means an assessment in relation to the completion of a specified VET course to carry out a class of high risk work.
competent person means:
 (a) for electrical work on energised electrical equipment or energised electrical installations (other than testing referred to in regulations 150 and 165):
 (i) a person who is a competent person in accordance with a corresponding WHS law; and
 (ii) if there is no corresponding law of a State that identifies a competent person—a person who is licensed or permitted under a law of the State relating to electrical safety or occupational licensing to perform electrical work; and
 (iii) a member of the Defence Force who has acquired through training, qualification or experience the knowledge and skills to carry out the task; and
 (b) for general diving work—see regulations 174 and 177; and
 (c) for a major inspection of a mobile crane or a tower crane under regulation 235—see regulation 235; and
 (d) for inspection of amusement devices and passenger ropeways under regulation 241—see regulation 241; and
 (e) for design verification under regulation 252—a person who has the skills, qualifications, competence and experience to design the plant or verify the design; and
 (f) for a clearance inspection under regulation 473—a person who has acquired through training or experience the knowledge and skills of relevant asbestos removal industry practice and holds:
 (i) a certification in relation to the specified VET course for asbestos assessor work; or
 (ii) a tertiary qualification in occupational health and safety, occupational hygiene, science, building, construction or environmental health; and
 (g) for any other case—a person who has acquired through training, qualification or experience the knowledge and skills to carry out the task.
concrete placing boom means plant incorporating a knuckle boom, capable of power operated slewing and luffing to place concrete by way of pumping through a pipeline attached to, or forming part of, the boom of the plant.
confined space means an enclosed or partially enclosed space that:
 (a) is not designed or intended primarily to be occupied by a person; and
 (b) is, or is designed or intended to be, at normal atmospheric pressure while any person is in the space; and
 (c) is or is likely to be a risk to health and safety from:
 (i) an atmosphere that does not have a safe oxygen level; or
 (ii) contaminants, including airborne gases, vapours and dusts,