(1) The regulator may decide that a process to be carried out at a workplace is a lead process.
(2) The regulator must not decide that the process is a lead process unless the regulator is satisfied on reasonable grounds that the process creates a risk to the health of a worker at the workplace having regard to blood lead levels of workers, or airborne lead levels, at the workplace.
Note A decision that a process is a lead process is a reviewable decision (see s 676).
(3) The regulator must, within 14 days after the day a decision is made under subsection (1), give written notice of the decision to the person conducting a business or undertaking at the workplace.