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Definition of plant

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

  1. machinery, equipment, appliance, pressure vessel, implement and tool;
  2. personal protective equipment; and
  3. 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:

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:

  1. incorporates a cooling tower; or
  2. 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. In Queensland's environment there are strong policy grounds such as increased risk of legionella disease, for this type of plant to be registered.

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.

Last updated July 18, 2005