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This section defines what is and what is not a construction operation.

• References to 鈥榗onstruction operations鈥� in this section includes the work of individuals participating in the carrying out of such operations but does not include operations undertaken outside of the United Kingdom: FA04/S74 (1)
• The following are, subject to sub-section (3), construction operations

• construction, alteration, repair, extension, demolition or dismantling of buildings or structures (whether permanent or not), including offshore installations: FA04/S74 (2)(a)
• construction, alteration, repair, extension or demolition of any works forming, or to form, part of the land, including (in particular) walls, roadworks, power-lines, electronic communications apparatus, aircraft runways, docks and harbours, railways, inland waterways, pipe-lines, reservoirs, water-mains, wells, sewers, industrial plant and installations for purposes of land drainage, coast protection or defence: FA04/S74 (2)(b)
• installation in any building or structure of systems of heating, lighting, air- conditioning, ventilation, power supply, drainage, sanitation, water supply or fire protection: FA04/S74 (2)(c)
• internal cleaning of buildings and structures, so far as carried out in the course of their construction, alteration, repair, extension or restoration: FA04/S74 (2)(d)
• painting or decorating the internal or external surfaces of any building or structure: FA04/S74 (2)(e)
• operations which form an integral part of, or are preparatory to, or are for rendering complete, such operations as are previously described in this subsection, including site clearance, earth-moving, excavation, tunnelling and boring, laying of foundations, erection of scaffolding, site restoration, landscaping and the provision of roadways and other access works: FA04/S74 (2)(f)

• The following are not construction operations

• drilling for, or extraction of, oil or natural gas: FA04/S74 (3)(a)
• extraction (whether by underground or surface working) of minerals and tunnelling or boring, or construction of underground works, for this purpose: FA04/S74 (3)(b)
• manufacture of building or engineering components or equipment, materials, plant or machinery, or delivery of any of these things to site: FA04/S74 (3)(c)
• manufacture of components for systems of heating, lighting, air-conditioning, ventilation, power supply, drainage sanitation, water supply or fire protection, or delivery of any of these things to site: FA04/S74 (3)(d)
• the professional work of architects or surveyors, or of consultants in building, engineering, interior or exterior decoration or in the laying-out of landscape: FA04/S74 (3)(e)
• the making, installation and repair of artistic works, being sculptures, murals and other works which are wholly artistic in nature: FA04/S74 (3)(f)
• signwriting and erecting, installing and repairing signboards and advertisements: FA04/S74 (3)(g)
• the installation of seating, blinds and shutters: FA04/S74 (3)(h)
• the installation of security systems, including burglar alarms, closed circuit television and public address systems: FA04/S74 (3)(i)

• The Treasury, by order, may amend sub-sections (2) and (3) by adding, varying or removing any description of operations: FA04/S74 (4)
• Any order made under sub-section (4) must be approved by a resolution of the House of Commons: FA04/S74 (5)