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Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997

296BUsers and manufacturers to comply with risk management measures

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296B Users and manufacturers to comply with risk management measures

(1) A person who manufactures or uses an industrial chemical listed in the NSW IChEMS register must comply with the risk management measures specified in the register for the chemical.

(2) A failure to comply with a risk management measure referred to in subsection (1) is taken to be a pollution incident.

s 296B: Ins 2024 No 10, Sch 1[11].

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