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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS 2011
335Labelling hazardous chemicals
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335 Labelling hazardous chemicals
(1) The manufacturer or importer of a hazardous chemical must ensure
that the hazardous chemical is correctly labelled as soon as
practicable after manufacturing or importing the hazardous
chemical.
(2) A hazardous chemical is correctly labelled if:
(a) the selection and use of label elements is in accordance with
the GHS and it complies with Schedule 9, Part 3; or
(b) the label includes content that complies with another labelling
requirement imposed by these Regulations or by another law
of the Territory or of the Commonwealth and the content is the
same, or substantially the same, as the content that is
required by Schedule 9, Part 3.
(3) This regulation does not apply to a hazardous chemical if:
(a) the hazardous chemical is a consumer product that is labelled
in accordance with the Poisons Standard; and
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(b) the container for the hazardous chemical has its original label;
and
(c) it is reasonably foreseeable that the hazardous chemical will
be used in a workplace only in:
(i) a quantity that is consistent with household use; and
(ii) a way that is consistent with household use; and
(iii) a way that is incidental to the nature of the work carried
out by a worker using the hazardous chemical.
(4) This regulation does not apply to hazardous chemicals in transit.
(5) This regulation does not apply to a hazardous chemical that:
(a) is therapeutic goods within the meaning of the Therapeutic
Goods Act 1989 (Cth); and
(b) is in a form intended for human consumption, for
administration to or by a person or use by a person for
therapeutic purposes; and
(c) is labelled in accordance with that Act or an order made under
that Act.
(6) This regulation does not apply to cosmetics and toiletries.
(7) This regulation does not apply to a hazardous chemical that is:
(a) a veterinary chemical product within the meaning of the Agvet
Code; and
(b) listed in:
(i) the Poisons Standard, Part 4, Schedule 4, if the
chemical product is packaged and supplied in a form
intended for direct administration to an animal for
therapeutic purposes; or
(ii) the Poisons Standard, Part 4, Schedule 8.
(8) In this regulation:
Poisons Standard means the Standard for the Uniform Scheduling
of Medicines and Poisons February 2017 (Cth), as in force or
remade from time to time.
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Notes for Subdivision 2
1 A supplier of hazardous chemicals may also be a person conducting a
business or undertaking at a workplace.
2 A supplier is defined in section 25 of the Act as a person who conducts a
business or undertaking of supplying.
3 An operator of a major hazard facility is required to notify certain quantities
of hazardous chemicals under Part 9.2.
336 Restriction on age of person who can supply hazardous
A person conducting a business or undertaking must not direct or
allow a worker to supply a hazardous chemical that is a flammable
gas or flammable liquid to another person into any container or
vehicle provided by that other person unless the worker is at least
16 years of age.
Note for regulation 336
Examples for regulation 336
1 Decanting fuel into a fuel container.
2 Refuelling a car.
337 Retailer or supplier packing hazardous chemicals
(1) The supplier of a hazardous chemical must not supply the
hazardous chemical for use at another workplace if the supplier
knows or ought reasonably to know that the hazardous chemical is
not correctly packed.
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(2) A retailer who supplies a hazardous chemical in a container
provided by the person supplied with the chemical must ensure that
the hazardous chemical is correctly packed.