Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 351

    (1)     A person conducting a business or undertaking must manage, in accordance with part 3.1 (Managing risks to health and safety), risks to health and safety associated with using, handling, generating or storing a hazardous chemical at a workplace.

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— s 19 (see  s 9).

    (2)     In managing risks, the person must have regard to the following:

        (a)     the hazardous properties of the hazardous chemical;

        (b)     any potentially hazardous chemical or physical reaction between the hazardous chemical and another substance or mixture, including a substance that may be generated by the reaction;

        (c)     the nature of the work to be carried out with the hazardous chemical;

        (d)     any structure, plant or system of work—

              (i)     that is used in the use, handling, generation or storage of the hazardous chemical; or

              (ii)     that could interact with the hazardous chemical at the workplace.