Australian Capital Territory
Occupational Health and Safety (Boilers of Low Hazard) Exemption 2008
Notifiable Instrument NI2008 — 369
made under the:
Occupational Health and Safety (Certification of Plant Users and Operators) Regulation 2000 - section 32 (Exemptions)

1	Name of instrument
	This instrument is the Occupational Health and Safety (Boilers of Low Hazard) Exemption 2008.
2	Commencement 
	This instrument commences on the day after notification.
3	Exemption
Persons operating a boiler of a type identified in this instrument are exempt from the operation of section 25 of the Occupational Health and Safety (Certification of Plant Users and Operators) Regulation 2000.
4	Types of Boilers
The types of boilers that this instrument applies to are: 
1.	Boilers that satisfy the requirements in Australian Standard 2593 (as amended from time to time), as having:-
i.	an attendance category of unattended operation; or
ii.	an attendance category of limited attendance except to the extent that the Standard specifies that certain checks must be undertaken by a certificated operator.
2.	Boilers which are hot drink dispensers having an internal volume not larger than 0.014 cubic metres and having a heat input of not more than 5 kilowatts and a maximum working pressure of not more than 210 kilopascals.
3.	Boilers that are liquid heating units where the liquid is intended to be heated under a pressure above atmospheric and to a temperature not greater than 1 degree below the normal atmospheric boiling point of the liquid.
4.	Boilers of the Hobby Miniature Locomotive type, manufactured from steel and with an internal volume of 50 litres or less, or manufactured from copper and with an internal volume of 25 litres or less and a maximum working pressure of 700 kilopascals or less if:
i.	during the construction of the locomotive the boiler has been inspected in the manner described in the Australian Miniature Boiler Safety Committee Code Part 1: Copper Boilers or the Australian Miniature Boiler Safety Committee Code Part 2: Steel Boilers, as appropriate, by a person registered with that committee and is certified by that person as having been so inspected, and
ii.	the locomotive containing the boiler is in the charge of a person of or above the age of 18 years whenever it is being operated in a public place.

Jon Quiggin
Delegate of the Chief Executive 

    28 August 2008