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350 Placard—requirement to display
(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must ensure that a placard is prominently displayed at the workplace if the total quantity of a Schedule 11 hazardous chemical or group of Schedule 11 hazardous chemicals stored at the workplace exceeds the placard quantity for the Schedule 11 hazardous chemical or group of Schedule 11 hazardous chemicals.
Note: Section 12F of the Act provides that strict liability applies to each physical element of each offence under the Act, unless otherwise stated. The reference in section 12F of the Act includes these Regulations.
(2) A placard must comply with Schedule 13.
(3) This regulation does not apply to a Schedule 11 hazardous chemical or group of Schedule 11 hazardous chemicals if:
(a) the Schedule 11 hazardous chemical or group of Schedule 11 hazardous chemicals is in bulk in a container, including an IBC, that is intended for transport and a placard is displayed on the container in accordance with the ADG Code; or
(b) the Schedule 11 hazardous chemical or group of Schedule 11 hazardous chemicals is a flammable liquid stored in an underground tank at a retail outlet and used to refuel a vehicle.
Division 5—Control of risk—obligations of persons conducting businesses or undertakings
Subdivision 1—General obligations relating to management of risk
351 Management of risks to health or safety
(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking must manage, in accordance with Part 3.1, risks to health and safety associated with using, handling, generating or storing a hazardous chemical at a workplace.
(2) In managing risks the person must have regard to the following:
(a) the hazardous properties of the hazardous chemical;
(b) any potentially hazardous chemical or physical reaction between the hazardous chemical and another substance or mixture, including a substance that may be generated by the reaction;
(c) the nature of the work to be carried out with the hazardous chemical;
(d) any structure, plant or system of work:
(i) that is used in the use, handling, generation or storage of the hazardous chemical; or
(ii) that could interact with the hazardous chemical at the workplace.