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of Engineers Australia and is determined by that Institution to be competent to design or inspect the relevant type of plant, or is a member of the Institution of Engineers Australia with the status of Chartered Professional Engineer.

When registering a plant design, the WHS regulator will issue a plant design registration number. This number must then be given to the manufacturer, importer or supplier of plant. These duty holders must ensure that the design registration number is provided to the person with management or control of plant at the workplace.

The person with management or control of plant at the workplace must then ensure that the design registration number is kept readily accessible in the vicinity of the plant at all times. A reliable way to achieve this is to permanently mark the design registration number on the plant.

Changes to design registration
If a registered plant design is altered so as to require any new risk control measures, the altered design must be registered.

5.2 Item registration
A person with management or control of an item of plant specified in Part 2 of Schedule 5 of the WHS Regulations must apply to the WHS regulator to register that item of plant.

In order to have an item of plant registered, the item must be inspected and a statement provided by a competent person stating that the plant is safe to operate. A person is competent to inspect an item of plant if the person has educational or vocational qualifications in an engineering discipline relevant to the plant, or knowledge of the technical standards relevant to the plant to be inspected.

If the design of the plant was also required to be registered, the design registration number must be included with the application.

Duration of registration
Registration of an item of plant applies for five years, and takes effect on the day the registration is granted and expires five years after that date.

Once the item of plant is registered
When the item of plant is registered, the WHS regulator will issue a registration document. This document will list the name of the registration holder, any associated business name, the registration number and the date of effect of the registration. This document must be kept and made available for any inspection required under the Act.
If it is lost, stolen or destroyed, you will need to apply to the WHS regulator that registered the plant for a replacement document as soon as possible, outlining the reasons for needing a replacement.
The WHS regulator may impose any conditions it considers appropriate on the registration of the plant including conditions in relation to the use and maintenance of the plant, record