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758 Using or sharing information for administration or enforcement of Acts
Regulation 702, as substituted by the Work Health and Safety Amendment (Information Sharing and Other Measures) Regulations 2023, applies to the disclosure of information, or the giving of access to a document or the use of information or a document on or after the commencement of those regulations, whether the information was obtained, or access to the document was gained, before, on or after that commencement.
Part 12—Other transitional matters
Division 1—Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals
759 Introductory period for GHS
(1) This regulation applies until the end of 31 December 2016.
(2) This section applies for a provision of these Regulations that makes provision for a matter by reference to compliance with the GHS.
(3) Despite the reference to the GHS, a person is taken to comply with the provision to the extent it requires compliance with the GHS if the person complies with a transitional standard mentioned in the table, as in force when the person complies with the standard.
| Item | Standard |
| 1 | The ADG Code |
| 2 | Approved Criteria for Classifying Hazardous Substances [NOHSC: 1008 (2004)] |
| 3 | National Code of Practice for the Labelling of Workplace Hazardous Substances [NOHSC: 2012 (1994)] |
| 4 | Code of Practice for Labelling Agricultural Chemical Products, made under the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 1994 |
| 5 | Code of Practice for Labelling Veterinary Chemical Products, made under the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 1994 |
Division 3—Codes of practice