Work Health and Safety (General) Regulations 2022
Part 72 — Lead
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Part 7.2 — Lead
Division 1 — Lead process
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Meaning of lead process 362
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Regulator may decide lead process 364
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Meaning of lead risk work 365
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Duty to give information about health risks of lead process 365
Division 2 — Control of risk
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Containment of lead contamination 366
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Cleaning methods 366
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Prohibition on eating, drinking and smoking 367
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Provision of changing and washing facilities 367
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Laundering, disposal and removal of personal protective equipment 368
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Review of control measures 369
Division 3 — Lead risk work
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Identifying lead risk work 371
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Notification of lead risk work 372
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Changes to information in notification of lead risk work 373
Division 4 — Health monitoring
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Duty to provide health monitoring before first commencing lead risk work 374
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Duty to ensure that appropriate health monitoring is provided 375
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Frequency of biological monitoring 375
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Duty to ensure health monitoring is supervised by registered medical practitioner with relevant experience 377
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Duty to pay costs of health monitoring 377
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Information that must be provided to registered medical practitioner 378
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Duty to obtain health monitoring report 378
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Duty to give health monitoring report to worker 380
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Duty to give health monitoring report to regulator 380
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Duty to give health monitoring report to relevant persons conducting businesses or undertakings 381
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Removal of worker from lead risk work 381
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Duty to ensure medical examination if worker removed from lead risk work 382
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Return to lead risk work after removal 383
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Health monitoring records 384