The requirement to register items of plant and plant designs serves to ensure that items of plant and plant designs have been inspected by a competent person and are safe to operate.
Item of plant and plant design differ. Design registration applies to a concept; any number of individual items can be manufactured to the same design. Item of plant registration applies to a specific item; each item of the specified type requires registration.
Registering items of plant
Certain types of plant require registration to be used in a workplace in Western Australia. This also includes items of plant located and used on a mine site. You can register your item of plant lodging a Form 201 Application to register an item of plant. Only specific types of plant require registration.
For more information on the specific types of plant requiring registration, see Plant and design registration.
Registering a plant design or alteration of a design
Certain types of plant must have their designs registered prior to the item being registered or used in Western Australia. This includes designs intended for use on a mine site. You can register your plant design or register an alteration of an existing design by lodging a Form 200 Registration of plant design or alteration to plant design. Only specific types of plant require design registration.
For more information on the items of plant and plant designs requiring registration, see Plant and design registration.
Changes to plant information and transfers of plant ownership
In Western Australia plant registrations are perpetual. Registrations will occasionally require information to be updated. It is the responsibility of the registration holder to inform us of changes to their registered plant, this includes when an item of plant is sold or where the person with management or control of the item of plant has changed. Changes to information include:
- changes in registration holder, owner or person with management or control
- relocation of a fixed item of plant
- alteration to an extent or in a way which requires the plant to be subject to new control measures
- amendments or updates to registration or company information
- minor corrections to fix incorrect information on a registration certificate.
To apply to change your plant's information or to read more about this process, see Changes to plant information.
Replacing a plant registration document
Under Regulation 288 of the Work Health and Safety (General) Regulations 2022 a registration holder must notify us if their plant registration document is lost, stolen or destroyed. Regulation 288 also allows the registration holder to apply for a replacement document.
Only plant registration documents issued in Western Australia under the work health and safety, mines safety and inspection or occupation safety and health legislation can be replaced by us. It is the responsibility for the registration holder to notify us of the loss of a registration document as soon as practicable. Only the registration holder may apply to replace a plant registration document.
To apply to replace a lost, stolen or destroyed plant registration document, see Replacing plant registration document.