Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS 1996 - REG 3.99

3.99 .         Terms used

                In this Subdivision —

        flammable paint means any —

            (a)         paint; or

            (b)         other liquid used in a spray painting process,

        with a flash point of or below 61°C when determined in accordance with AS/NZS 2106;

        powder paint means any paint in solid powder form that is capable of being ignited;

        spray painting means the application, either alone or in combination, of flammable paint, toxic paint or powder paint to an object by a spray painting process, whether done manually, mechanically or automatically;

        spray painting process means spray painting by one of the following methods —

            (a)         airless — whereby flammable paint, toxic paint or powder paint, either alone or in combination, is ejected from a spray nozzle under hydraulic pressure;

            (b)         compressed air — whereby a mixture of air and flammable paint, toxic paint or powder paint, either alone or in combination, is applied under pressure;

            (c)         electrostatic — whereby an object and flammable paint, toxic paint or powder paint, either alone or in combination, are electrically charged at opposite polarities;

            (d)         any combination of the processes referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c);

        toxic paint means a paint, solvent, liquid or other material which contains a substance referred to in an item in Schedule 3.2 in the quantity and, where applicable, calculated in the manner, specified in that item.

        [Regulation 3.99 amended in Gazette 10 Jan 2003 p. 64.]