Definition of plant

Schedule 3 of the Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 (PDF, 766 kB) defines plant as:

machinery, equipment, appliance, pressure vessel, implement and tool;
personal protective equipment; and
a component of plant and a fitting, connection, accessory or adjunct to plant.

Plant also includes specified high risk plant.

The following items of plant are specified high risk plant:

air-conditioning unit
amusement device
cooling tower
escalator
LP gas cylinder
lift

Schedule 2 of the Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 (PDF, 766 kB) states that an air-conditioning unit is a unit of plant that provides air-conditioning and that either:

incorporates a cooling tower; or
consists of 1 or more compressors and the power rating required for operation of the air-conditioning unit is 50 kW or more.

Air-conditioning units and cooling towers are not covered by the national standard.

All air-conditioning units that require a power rating of 50kW or more to operate are required to be registered in Queensland, even if there are 1 or more compressors required to operate the unit.

View list of plant requiring registration.