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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2011 - REG 345

Changes to safety data sheets

    A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace may change a safety data sheet for a hazardous chemical only if:

  (a)   the person:

  (i)   is an importer or manufacturer of the hazardous chemical; and

  (ii)   changes the safety data sheet in a way that is consistent with the duties of the importer or manufacturer under regulation   330; or

  (b)   the change is only the attachment of a translation of the safety data sheet, and clearly states that the translation is not part of the original safety data sheet.

Penalty:

  (a)   In the case of an individual--$6   000.

  (b)   In the case of a body corporate--$30   000.

Note 1:   The manufacturer or importer of a hazardous chemical must amend a safety data sheet as necessary to ensure the information is correct and current (see paragraph   330(3)(b)).

Note 2:   Section   12F of the Act provides that strict liability applies to each physical element of each offence under the Act, unless otherwise stated. The reference in section   12F of the Act includes these Regulations.


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