150Recognition of other labelling systems

150 Recognition of other labelling systems

(1) A manufacturer or an importing supplier of a hazardous substance need not comply with regulation 149 if—

(a) the container is labelled in accordance with equivalent legislation including, if required under that equivalent legislation, the clear and prominent display of signal words; or

(b) in the case of an agricultural or veterinary chemical—

(i) the container is labelled in accordance with the Agricultural Labelling Code and the Veterinary Labelling Code of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, as in force from time to time; and

(ii) the label is in English and legible; and

(iii) the label is firmly secured to the container; and

(iv) the label includes any hazard statement consistent with the correct classification of the chemical; and

(v) the label includes any precautionary statement consistent with the correct classification of the chemical; or

(c) in the case of a substance that is "therapeutic goods" within the meaning of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 of the Commonwealth, the container is labelled in accordance with an order in force under section 10 of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 of the Commonwealth, as in force at the time of labelling; or

(d) the substance is a poison or controlled substance within the meaning of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 and the container is labelled in accordance with the current Poisons Standard as in force at the time of labelling and—

(i) the container for the substance has its original label; and

(ii) it is reasonably foreseeable that the substance will be used at a workplace only in—

(A) a quantity that is consistent with household use; and

(B) a way that is consistent with household use; and

(C) a way that is incidental to the nature of the work carried out by a person using the substance; or

(e) the substance is—

(i) a veterinary chemical product within the meaning of the Agvet Code; and

(ii) listed in—

Reg. 150 (1)(e)(ii)(A) amended by S.R. No. 23/2024 reg. 6(1).

(A) the current Poisons Standard, Schedule 4, if the substance is packaged and supplied in a form intended for direct administration to an animal for therapeutic purposes; or

Reg. 150 (1)(e)(ii)(B) amended by S.R. No. 23/2024 reg. 6(2).

(B) the current Poisons Standard, Schedule 8.

(2) Nothing in subregulation (1) requires a manufacturer or importing supplier to label a container with information that is the same, or substantially the same, as any other information required by that subregulation.