Approved Code of Practice for Cranes
Includes the design, manufacture, supply, safe operation, maintenance and inspection of cranes
A guide for workplaces
Published by the Department of Labour
Wellington
New Zealand
First edition March 2001
ISBN 0-477-03643-0 (ring binder)
Revised March 2007
ISBN 0-478-28023-8 (book)
Contents
Notice of Issue
I have issued this Approved code of practice for cranes, being a statement of preferred work practices or arrangements, for the purpose of ensuring the health and safety of persons to whom this code applies and persons who may be affected by the activities covered by this code.
James Buwalda
Secretary of Labour
Foreword
I have approved this statement of preferred work practices, which is an Approved code of practice for cranes, under section 20 of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992. When a code is approved, a Court may have regard to it in relation to compliance with the relevant sections of the Health and Safety in Employment Act. This means that, if an employer in an industry or using a process to which an approved code applies can show compliance with that code in all matters it covers, a Court may consider this to be compliance with the provisions of the Act to which the code relates.
Hon. Ruth Dyson
Minister of Labour.