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and deterioration of consumables.
Before plant is used after an extended period of storage, the plant should be re-commissioned by carrying out the same level of testing and inspection when it was first commissioned.
Plant that has been taken off-line constitutes plant not in use. For example, an automatic robot on a welding line may be taken off-line due to a product design modification no longer requiring the use of the robot for the particular product. The robot is therefore still fully functional but is no longer in use. The robot must not be left in a state that presents a risk to health or safety. This may be done by isolating the work station from the power supply, employing lock-out and tag-out systems, and providing physical stops to prevent movement in the event of accidental powering of the plant. Further information on isolating energy sources is provided at Section 4.5 of this Code.

Powered mobile plant may present a risk to health or safety if measures are not taken to prevent the plant moving of its own accord (for example, rolling down a sloping surface) or to prevent unauthorised operation. For example, an industrial lift truck at the end of or during a shift is plant that is frequently not in use and unattended for short periods of time. The person with management or control should ensure that the operator of the truck understands the required safety procedures when leaving the truck unattended. This would include ensuring that the truck has been parked on a firm, level surface with the handbrake applied, the motor switched off and rendered inoperable, for example by removing the key.

3.9 Decommissioning, dismantling and disposing of plant

Regulation 204: A person with management or control of plant at a workplace must ensure that:

    * plant is not decommissioned or dismantled unless it can be carried out without risks to health and safety so far as is reasonably practicable
    * the person who decommissions or dismantles the plant is a competent person and is provided with all available information necessary to eliminate, or where this is not reasonably practicable, minimise risks to health and safety, and
    * the processes associated with the decommissioning and dismantling include inspections to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that risks associated with these activities are monitored.

You should identify any hazards inherent in the process of decommissioning and dismantling the plant (for example, exposure to hazardous substances). The plant should be dismantled in accordance with the designer's and manufacturer's instructions.

Disposing of plant may include reselling (in full or part) or scrapping (waste disposal and/or recycling). If the plant is to be resold, the seller will take on