Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 391

391 Management of risks to health and safety by pipeline operator

(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace who is the operator of a pipeline (the
"operator" ) used to transfer hazardous chemicals must manage, under part 3.1 risks to health and safety arising from the transfer of the hazardous chemicals through the pipeline.

Note—

WHS Act — section 19 (see section 9 ).

(2) The operator of a pipeline used to transfer a hazardous chemical must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the hazardous chemical transferred is identified by a label, sign or another way on or near the pipeline.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.

(3) The operator of a pipeline that transfers a schedule 11 hazardous chemical into a public place must ensure that the regulator is notified of—

(a) the supplier of the hazardous chemical; and

(b) the receiver of the hazardous chemical; and

(c) the correct classification of the hazardous chemical.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual—12 1 / 2 penalty units; or

(b) for a body corporate—60 penalty units.