Notice that the Secretary of Labour has asked the Minister of Labour to review the code of practice pursuant to section 20(1)(a) of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
The current code sets out a statement of preferred work practices or arrangements for the health and safety practices for power-operated elevated work platforms.
There is an industry working party that is writing a Best Practice Guideline and the outcome of the review of
this current code is likely to be to revoke it once the
Best Practice Guideline is published.
Accordingly we are seeking input and feedback on the current code.
The current code is available on the Department of Labour's website
www.dol.govt.nz
It is intended that the reviewed code would apply to the construction industry.
Interested parties are invited to comment on the proposed code.
Written submissions in relation to the approval of this code can be made by mail to Elevated Work Platforms Approved Code of Practice Submissions, Technical Services, Department of Labour, PO Box 3705, Wellington, or email standards@dol.govt.nz with the subject line Elevated Work Platforms Approved Code of Practice Submissions.
Submissions close on Friday 9 April 2010.
Dated at Wellington this 18th day of February 2010.
CHRISTOPHER BLAKE, Secretary of Labour, Department of Labour.