Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2011 - REG 364

    A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must ensure that a container in which a hazardous chemical is used, handled or stored in bulk and any associated pipe work or attachments:

  (a)   have stable foundations and supports; and

  (b)   are secured to the foundations and supports to prevent any movement between the container and the associated pipe work or attachments to prevent:

  (i)   damage to the container, the associated pipe work or attachments; and

  (ii)   a notifiable incident.

Penalty:

  (a)   In the case of an individual--$1   250.

  (b)   In the case of a body corporate--$6   000.

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.