143Personal cleanliness and contact with hands

143 Personal cleanliness and contact with hands

143 Personal cleanliness and contact with hands

(1) This section applies to a person involved in the preparation or handling of an exposed substance.

(2) The person must use soap or detergent and water or another suitable cleaning process to clean the person’s hands before preparing or handling an exposed substance.

Maximum penalty—Tier 5 penalty.

(3) The person must not—

(a) have unnecessary human contact with an exposed substance, or

(b) handle an exposed substance with the person’s fingers or hands unless using a suitable clean implement or disposable gloves, or

(c) place an implement or gloves to be used in preparing or handling an exposed substance in the person’s pockets.

Maximum penalty—Tier 5 penalty.

(4) As soon as practicable after using disposable gloves to handle an exposed substance, the person must dispose of the gloves.

Maximum penalty—Tier 5 penalty.