23Information to registered medical practitioner

23 Information to registered medical practitioner

(1) Despite anything in this Part, a manufacturer or first supplier of dangerous goods must disclose the chemical name of an ingredient of the dangerous goods to a registered medical practitioner if—

(a) the SDS for the dangerous goods, or the marking on the container in which the dangerous goods are supplied, does not disclose the chemical name of the ingredient; and

(b) the registered medical practitioner requests the chemical name of the ingredient to assist with the management of the practitioner's patient.

(2) The manufacturer or first supplier must immediately comply with a request from a registered medical practitioner for the chemical name of an ingredient of dangerous goods.

Part 4—Duties of occupier

Division 1—Consultation, information and training

24 Consultation

An occupier of premises where dangerous goods are stored and handled, so far as is reasonably practicable, must consult with persons engaged by the occupier to work at the premises whose health or safety is likely to be affected by the dangerous goods, and any health and safety representative of those persons, regarding—

(a) induction, training, information provision, hazard identification and risk control; and

(b) any proposed alteration to structures, plant, processes or systems of work that are likely to increase the risk to those persons.

1 An occupier who is an employer must also observe the consultation requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004.

2 Contravention of this regulation may constitute an offence—see sections 45 and 45A of the Act.