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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2011 - REG 53

Flammable and combustible material not to be accumulated

  (1)   A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must ensure that, if flammable or combustible substances are kept at the workplace, the substances are kept at the lowest practicable quantity for the workplace.

Penalty:

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

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

  (2)   In this regulation, flammable or combustible substances include:

  (a)   flammable and combustible liquids, including waste liquids, in containers, whether empty or full; and

  (b)   gas cylinders, whether empty or full.


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