Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS 1996 - REG 5.3

5.3 .         Determination of whether substance is hazardous substance

        (1)         A person who intends to manufacture or import a substance for use at a workplace must, before doing so, determine if the substance is a hazardous substance.

        Penalty for a person who commits the offence as an employee: the regulation 1.15 penalty.

        Penalty in any other case: the regulation 1.16 penalty.

        (2)         A person may use either the AC classification system or the GHS classification system to determine if a substance is a hazardous substance.

        (3)         A person who uses the AC classification system must  —

            (a)         determine if the substance is entered as a hazardous substance in the Hazardous Substances Information System; and

            (b)         if the substance is not entered in the Hazardous Substances Information System, determine in accordance with the Approved Criteria for Classifying Hazardous Substances [3 ^rd Edition: NOHSC: 1008(2004)] whether the substance is a hazardous substance.

        (4)         A person who uses the GHS classification system must determine if the substance is a hazardous substance in accordance with the criteria set out in the GHS.

        [Regulation 5.3 inserted in Gazette 10 Dec 2010 p. 6279.]