SCHEDULE 13 - Placard Requirem SCHEDULE 13 - Placard Requirements

Regulations 349(2) and 350(2)

1.   Displaying placards

(1) This clause applies if a person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must display a placard at the workplace in relation to a hazardous chemical.

(2) The person must ensure that the placard is –

(a) clearly legible by persons approaching the placard; and

(b) separate from any other sign or writing that contradicts, qualifies or distracts attention from the placard; and

(c) if a placard quantity of the hazardous chemical is contained in a building –

(i) located as close as is reasonably practicable to the main entrance of the building; and

(ii) located at the entrance to each room or walled section of the building in which the hazardous chemical is used, handled or stored; and

(d) if the hazardous chemical is contained in a container or outside storage area – located next to the container or outside storage area; and

(e) for a placard to which clause 3 applies – located at each entrance to the workplace where an emergency service organisation may enter the workplace; and

(f) for a placard to which clause 4 applies – located on or next to each container or storage area in which the hazardous chemicals are stored; and

(g) for a placard to which clause 6 applies – located at each entrance to a storage area in which the hazardous chemicals are stored.

2.   Maintaining placards

A person who is required to display a placard must –

(a) amend the placard as soon as practicable if –

(i) the type or quantity of hazardous chemical used, handled or stored at the workplace changes; and