An Act to make provision with respect to the erection and use of scaffolding and for other purposes (Scaffolding Act 1971) Jurisdiction Australia - Victoria Year 1971 Published in English Source Government Printer, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1971. 14p. Descriptors [Primary] Australia, Victoria, construction industry, scaffolds [Secondary] building licences, dangerous work, erection and dismantling of scaffolds, law, maintenance and repair, responsibilities of employers Subject category Industries and occupations Abstract This act stipulates that scaffolds should be erected when work cannot be done safety from the ground or from a solid construction, that a permit must be obtained before a scaffold is erected, that the scaffolding must be suitably maintained and that employers must ensure that their employees use the scaffolding. CIS No. 73-652 Database ID 19200