Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS 1996 - REG 5.6

5.6 .         Suppliers’ duties as to labelling

        (1)         A supplier of an AC classified hazardous substance for use in a workplace must ensure that —

            (a)         any container in which the hazardous substance is supplied is labelled in accordance with the relevant requirements of the National Code of Practice for the Labelling of Workplace Substances [NOHSC: 2012 (1994)]; and

            (b)         the chemical name of any type I ingredient of the hazardous substance is disclosed on a label for the hazardous substance; and

            (c)         the chemical name of any type II ingredient of the hazardous substance or, if the identity of a type II ingredient of the hazardous substance is commercially confidential, the generic name of that ingredient, is disclosed on a label for the 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 supplier of a GHS classified hazardous substance for use in a workplace must ensure that any container in which the substance is supplied —

            (a)         is labelled in English in accordance with the relevant requirements set out in the GHS; and

            (b)         has affixed to it a label setting out —

                  (i)         the name of the supplier; and

                  (ii)         an Australian address and telephone number for the supplier; and

                  (iii)         an emergency Australian telephone number for the supplier.

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

        Penalty in any other case: the regulation 1.16 penalty.

        [Regulation 5.6 amended in Gazette 14 Dec 2004 p. 6017; 10 Dec 2010 p. 6280.]