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maintenance, cleaning or repair of the plant should have a lock, tag and key for each isolation point. There should be no duplicate key for any lock, except a master key that is kept in a secure location and should only be used in an emergency.

If more than one energy source needs to be isolated to enable safe shut-down of the plant, the single key to each lock-out device should be held by the same person.

Tags should only be used as a means of providing information to others at the workplace. A tag should not be used on its own as an isolation device; only a lock is effective at isolating the energy source.

5. PLANT REGISTRATION

Schedule 5 of the WHS Regulations requires certain plant designs and items of plant to be registered (registrable plant). Schedule 5 is reproduced at Appendix A.

You must not allow the use of any registrable plant in the workplace if it has not been registered.

5.1 Design and altered design registration
You must register a plant design if:
    * it has not already been design registered, or
    * you alter the plant design by modifying  the plant and the alterations to the design may affect health and safety.
In order to register a plant design, the design must be verified by a design verifier who must provide a statement that the design has been produced in accordance with published technical standards or engineering principles specified by the designer. Examples of published technical standards are provided at Appendix C.

A design can only be verified by a person who is eligible to be a design verifier under the WHS Regulations. The types of people who would be competent to verify the design of plant may include someone who:
    * has educational or vocational qualifications in an engineering discipline relevant to the design to be verified

    * has knowledge of the technical standards relevant to the design to be verified

    * has the skills necessary to independently verify that the design was produced in accordance with the published technical standards and engineering principles used in the design, and

    * is certified by a body that is accredited or approved by the Joint Accreditation System—Australia and New Zealand or an equivalent overseas body to undertake conformity assessments of the design against the relevant technical standards.
For example, this could include someone who is registered on the National Professional Engineers Register administered by the Institution 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