The obligation
Persons managing or controlling a tower crane must ensure inspection, maintenance and testing is done by a competent person and records are kept.
WHS Regulations 204, 213 and 237 apply to inspecting and maintaining a tower crane and recording plant. Processes for installation, construction, commissioning, decommissioning and dismantling must include inspections that ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that associated risks are monitored. A record of all tests, inspections, maintenance, commissioning, decommissioning, dismantling and alterations must be kept while the crane is used or until control is relinquished.
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- Persons managing or controlling a tower crane must ensure inspection, maintenance and testing is done by a competent person and records are kept.
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- safework.nsw.gov.au
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Which WHS law does this come from?
Tower Cranes — Inspection and Maintenance Duties is a WHS requirement set out in Tower Cranes (NSW). It is made under Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW). The relevant provision is Tower Cranes > Inspection & Maintenance § 5.
What does this WHS obligation require?
Tower Cranes — Inspection and Maintenance Duties is a WHS obligation under Tower Cranes (NSW). In short, Persons managing or controlling a tower crane must ensure inspection, maintenance and testing is done by a competent person and records are kept.
What changed recently?
Tower Cranes — Inspection and Maintenance Duties was last updated on 9 October 2026.
