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Work Health and Safety Regulations 2011
383Application for authorisation to use, handle or store prohibited and restricted carcinogens
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383 Application for authorisation to use, handle or store prohibited and restricted carcinogens
(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace may apply in writing to the regulator for authorisation to use, handle or store a prohibited carcinogen or restricted carcinogen referred to in Schedule 10 at the workplace.
(a) the applicant’s name and business address;
(b) if the applicant conducts the business or undertaking under a business name, that business name;
(c) the name and address of the supplier of the carcinogen;
(d) the address where the carcinogen will be used, handled or stored;
(e) the name of the carcinogen;
(f) the quantity of the carcinogen to be used, handled or stored at the workplace each year;
(g) the purpose and activity for which the carcinogen will be used, handled or stored;
(h) the number of workers that may be exposed to the carcinogen;
(i) information about how the person will manage risks to health and safety, including a summary of the steps taken, or to be taken, by the person in relation to the following:
(i) hazard identification;
(ii) control measures;
(iii) if elimination or substitution of the carcinogen is not reasonably practicable—why the elimination or substitution is not reasonably practicable;
(j) any other information requested by the regulator.