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Tractor safety content is now incorporated into the Rural plant Code of Practice 2024.
As tractors are rural plant and a common source of fatalities and serious injuries on farms, they are now comprehensively covered under the Code. The Safe design and operation of tractors Code of Practice 2005 has been revoked and the relevant tractor content consolidated into the Code.
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- Tractor safety content is now incorporated into the Rural plant Code of Practice 2024.
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Which WHS law does this come from?
Tractor safety guidance now part of the rural plant code is a WHS requirement set out in Rural plant Code of Practice 2024 (QLD). It is made under Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (QLD). The relevant provision is Queensland > WHS > Codes of Practice > Rural Plant > Tractors.
What does this WHS obligation require?
Tractor safety guidance now part of the rural plant code is a WHS obligation under Rural plant Code of Practice 2024 (QLD). In short, Tractor safety content is now incorporated into the Rural plant Code of Practice 2024.
What changed recently?
Tractor safety guidance now part of the rural plant code was last updated on 19 October 2026.