Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01083:reg:5:p8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01083
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 8/11)
Character Range: 63171–66010

a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen in which the volume of oxygen is at least 22%.
earthmoving machinery means operator controlled plant used to excavate, load, transport, compact or spread earth, overburden, rubble, spoil, aggregate or similar material, but does not include a tractor or industrial lift truck.
electrical equipment—see regulation 144 (and regulation 148 for Division 3 of Part 4.7).
electrical installation—see regulation 145 (and regulation 148 for Division 3 of Part 4.7).
electrical risk means risk to a person of death, shock or other injury caused directly or indirectly by electricity.
electrical work—see regulation 146.
electricity supply authority means:
 (a) a person or body that is an electricity supply authority under a corresponding WHS law; or
 (b) if there is no corresponding law of a State that identifies an electrical supply authority—a person or body permitted or licensed under a law of a State regulating the electricity industry to distribute, generate or transmit electricity.
emergency service organisation means:
 (a) each of the following:
 (i) a police force or service;
 (ii) a fire service;
 (iii) an ambulance service;
 (iv) a coast guard service, rescue service or emergency service; and
 (b) the Defence Force when its members are engaged in a civil emergency or disaster relief operation; and
 (c) an organisation that is an emergency service organisation in accordance with regulations made under a corresponding WHS law.
engineered stone—see subregulation 529A(1).
engineering control means a control measure that is physical in nature, including a mechanical device or process.
entry, by a person into a confined space, means the person's head or upper body is in the confined space or within the boundary of the confined space.
essential services means the supply of:
 (a) gas, water, sewerage, telecommunications, electricity and similar services; or
 (b) chemicals, fuel and refrigerant in pipes or lines.
excavation means a trench, tunnel or shaft, but does not include:
 (a) a mine; or
 (b) a bore:
 (i) to which a law, mentioned in the definition of excavation in a corresponding WHS law, applies; or
 (ii) if there is no law mentioned in the definition of excavation in a corresponding WHS law—a bore that is regulated under a law of a State; or
 (c) a trench for use as a place of interment.
excavation work means work to:
 (a) make an excavation; or
 (b) fill or partly fill an excavation.
exposure standard, except in Part 4.1, means:
 (a) for a chemical that is crystalline silica—the exposure standard for the chemical that is set out in the document titled Workplace Exposure Standards for Airborne Contaminants, dated 16 December 2019 and published by Safe Work Australia; or
 (b) otherwise—an exposure standard set out in the document titled Workplace Exposure Standards