Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2011 - REG 360

    A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace that uses, handles, generates or stores hazardous chemicals must ensure that equipment is always available at the workplace for use in an emergency.

Penalty:

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

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

Note:   A person conducting a business or undertaking must comply with Division   4 of Part   3.2.

Note:   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.