341Labelling hazardous chemicals—general requirement

341 Labelling hazardous chemicals—general requirement

341 Labelling hazardous chemicals—general requirement

(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must ensure that a hazardous chemical used, handled or stored at the workplace is correctly labelled in accordance with section 335.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual—73 penalty units, or

(b) for a body corporate—364 penalty units.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a hazardous chemical—

(a) supplied before 1 January 2017 that was, at the time it was supplied, labelled in accordance with the National Code of Practice for the Labelling of Workplace Substances [NOHSC:2012(1994)] as in force at that time, or

(b) supplied before 1 January 2023 that was, at the time it was supplied, labelled in accordance with GHS 3, or

(c) manufactured or imported before 1 January 2023 that was, at the time it was manufactured or imported, labelled in accordance with GHS 3.

Note—

Section 338 applies if the chemical is being supplied to another workplace.