361Emergency plans

361 Emergency plans

361 Emergency plans

(1) This section applies if the quantity of a Schedule 11 hazardous chemical used, handled, generated or stored at a workplace exceeds the manifest quantity for that hazardous chemical.

(1A) This section also applies if a total quantity of 25,000kg or more of the following kind of lithium batteries is handled or stored at a workplace—

(a) stand-alone batteries,

(b) batteries that are part of a battery pack or energy storage system,

(c) batteries that are part of an electric vehicle or item of plant that is routinely used, charged or stored at the workplace.

(2) A person conducting a business or undertaking at the workplace must give a copy of the emergency plan prepared under Part 3.2, Division 4 for the workplace to the primary emergency service organisation.

Maximum penalty—

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

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

(3) If the primary emergency service organisation gives the person a written recommendation about the content or effectiveness of the emergency plan, the person must revise the plan in accordance with the recommendation.

Maximum penalty—

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

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

(4) In this section—

lithium batteries means the following—

(a) lithium-ion batteries,

(b) lithium-ion polymer batteries,

(c) lithium metal polymer batteries.

Note—

Subsections (1A) and (4) are NSW provisions.