Work Health and Safety Regulations 2012 (SA)

South Australia Work Health and Safety Regulations 2012 under the Work Health and Safety Act 2012

Contents Chapter 1—Preliminary Part 1—Introductory matters 1 Short title 3 Authorising provisions 4 Revocation 5 Definitions 6 Determination of safety management system 7 Meaning of person conducting a business or undertaking: persons excluded 8 Meaning of supply 8A Meaning of emergency services worker 8B Meaning of dangerous goods 8C Meaning of high risk plant 8D Infringement offences 9 Provisions linked to health and safety duties in Act Part 2—Application 10 Application of Act to dangerous goods and high risk plant 11 Application of these regulations 12 Assessment of risk in relation to a class of hazards, tasks, circumstances or things Part 3—Incorporated documents 13 Documents incorporated as in force when incorporated 14 Inconsistencies between provisions 15 References to standards Chapter 2—Representation and participation Part 1—Representation Division 1—Work groups 16 Negotiations for and determination of work groups 17 Matters to be taken into account in negotiations Division 2—Health and safety representatives 18 Procedures for election of health and safety representatives 19 Person conducting business or undertaking must not delay election 20 Removal of health and safety representatives 21 Training for health and safety representatives Part 2—Issue resolution 22 Agreed procedure—minimum requirements 23 Default procedure Part 3—Cessation of unsafe work 24 Continuity of engagement of worker Part 4—Workplace entry by WHS entry permit holders 25 Training requirements for WHS entry permits 26 Form of WHS entry permit 27 Notice of entry—general 28 Additional requirements—entry under section 117 29 Additional requirements—entry under section 120 30 Additional requirements—entry under section 121 31 Register of WHS entry permit holders Chapter 3—General risk and workplace management Part 1—Managing risks to health and safety 32 Application of Chapter 3 Part 1 33 Specific requirements must be complied with 34 Duty to identify hazards 35 Managing risks to health and safety 36 Hierarchy of control measures 37 Maintenance of control measures 38 Review of control measures Part 2—General workplace management Division 1—Information, training and instruction 39 Provision of information, training and instruction Division 2—General working environment 40 Duty in relation to general workplace facilities 41 Duty to provide and maintain adequate and accessible facilities Division 3—First aid 42 Duty to provide first aid Division 4—Emergency plans 43 Duty to prepare, maintain and implement emergency plan Division 5—Personal protective equipment 44 Provision to workers and use of personal protective equipment 45 Personal protective equipment used by other persons 46 Duties of worker 47 Duty of person other than worker Division 6—Remote or isolated work 48 Remote or isolated work Division 7—Managing risks from airborne contaminants 49 Ensuring exposure standards for substances and mixtures not exceeded 50 Monitoring airborne contaminant levels Division 8—Hazardous atmospheres 51 Managing risks to health and safety 52 Ignition sources Division 9—Storage of flammable or combustible substances 53 Flammable and combustible material not to be accumulated Division 10—Falling objects 54 Management of risk of falling objects 55 Minimising risk associated with falling objects Division 11—Psychosocial risks 55A Meaning of psychosocial hazard 55B Meaning of psychosocial risk 55C Managing psychosocial risks 55D Control measures Chapter 4—Hazardous work Part 1—Noise 56 Meaning of exposure standard for noise 57 Managing risk of hearing loss from noise 58 Audiometric testing 59 Duties of designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers of plant Part 2—Hazardous manual tasks 60 Managing risks to health and safety 61 Duties of designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers of plant or structures Part 3—Confined spaces Division 1—Preliminary 62 Confined spaces to which this Part applies 63 Application to emergency service workers Division 2—Duties of designer, manufacturer, importer, supplier, installer and constructor of plant or structure 64 Duty to eliminate or minimise risk Division 3—Duties of person conducting business or undertaking 65 Entry into confined space must comply with this Division 66 Managing risks to health and safety 67 Confined space entry permit 68 Signage 69 Communication and safety monitoring 70 Specific control—connected plant and services 71 Specific control—atmosphere 72 Specific control—flammable gases and vapours 73 Specific control—fire and explosion 74 Emergency procedures 75 Personal protective equipment in emergencies 76 Information, training and instruction for workers 77 Confined space entry permit and risk assessment must be kept Part 4—Falls 78 Management of risk of fall 79 Specific requirements to minimise risk of fall 80 Emergency and rescue procedures Part 5—High risk work Division 1—Licensing of high risk work Subdivision 1—Requirement to be licensed 81 Licence required to carry out high risk work 82 Exceptions 83 Recognition of high risk work licences in other jurisdictions 84 Duty of person conducting business or undertaking to ensure direct supervision 85 Evidence of licence—duty of person conducting business or undertaking Subdivision 2—Licensing process 86 Who may apply for a licence 87 Application for high risk work licence 88 Additional information 89 Decision on application 90 Matters to be taken into account 91 Refusal to grant high risk work licence—process 91A Conditions of licence 92 Duration of licence 93 Licence document 94 Licence document to be available 95 Reassessment of competency of licence holder Subdivision 3—Amendment of licence document 96 Notice of change of address 97 Licence holder to return licence 98 Replacement licence document 99 Voluntary surrender of licence Subdivision 4—Renewal of high risk work licence 100 Regulator may renew licence 101 Application for renewal 102 Licence continues in force until application is decided 103 Renewal of expired licence 104 Provisions relating to renewal of licence 105 Status of licence during review Subdivision 5—Suspension and cancellation of high risk work licence 106 Suspension or cancellation of licence 107 Matters taken into account 108 Notice to and submissions by licence holder 109 Notice of decision 110 Immediate suspension 111 Licence holder to return licence document 112 Regulator to return licence document after suspension Division 2—Accreditation of assessors Subdivision 1—Requirement to be accredited 113 Accreditation required to assess competency for high risk work licence 114 Accredited assessor must act in accordance with accreditation Subdivision 2—Accreditation process 115 Regulator may accredit assessors 116 Application for accreditation 117 Additional information 118 Decision on application 119 Matters to be taken into account 120 Refusal to grant accreditation—process 121 Conditions of accreditation 122 Duration of accreditation 123 Accreditation document 124 Accreditation document to be available Subdivision 3—Amendment of accreditation document 125 Changes to information 126 Accredited assessor to return accreditation document 127 Replacement accreditation document 128 Voluntary surrender of accreditation Subdivision 4—Renewal of accreditation 129 Regulator may renew accreditation 130 Application for renewal 131 Accreditation continues in force until application is decided 132 Provisions relating to application Subdivision 5—Suspension and cancellation 133 Regulator may suspend or cancel accreditation 134 Suspension or cancellation of accreditation 135 Matters to be taken into account 136 Notice to and submissions by accredited assessor 137 Notice of decision 138 Immediate suspension 139 Accredited assessor to return accreditation document 140 Regulator to return accreditation document after suspension Subdivision 6—Agreements with RTOs 141 Regulator may enter into agreement with RTO Part 6—Demolition work Division 1—Notice of demolition work 142 Notice of demolition work Division 2—Approval to carry out demolition work 143 Demolition work required to be licensed 143A Approval to carry out certain demolition work Part 7—General electrical safety in workplaces and energised electrical work Division 1—Preliminary 144 Meaning of electrical equipment 145 Meaning of electrical installation 146 Meaning of electrical work Division 2—General risk management 147 Risk management Division 3—Electrical equipment and electrical installations 148 Electrical equipment and electrical installations to which this Division applies 149 Unsafe electrical equipment 150 Inspection and testing of electrical equipment 151 Untested electrical equipment not to be used Division 4—Electrical work on energised electrical equipment 152 Application of Division 4 153 Persons conducting a business or undertaking to which this Division applies 154 Electrical work on energised electrical equipment—prohibited 155 Duty to determine whether equipment is energised 156 De-energised equipment must not be inadvertently re‑energised 157 Electrical work on energised electrical equipment—when permitted 158 Preliminary steps 159 Unauthorised access to equipment being worked on 160 Contact with equipment being worked on 161 How the work is to be carried out 162 Record keeping Division 5—Electrical equipment and installations and construction work—additional duties 163 Duty of person conducting business or undertaking Division 6—Residual current devices 164 Use of socket outlets in hostile operating environment 165 Testing of residual current devices Division 7—Overhead and underground electric lines 166 Duty of person conducting a business or undertaking Part 8—Diving work Division 1—Preliminary 167 Purpose of Chapter 4 Part 8 Division 2—General diving work—Fitness and competence of worker 168 Person conducting business or undertaking must ensure fitness of workers 169 Certificate of medical fitness 170 Duty to keep certificate of medical fitness 171 Competence of worker—general diving work—qualifications 171A Competence of worker—general diving work—knowledge and skill 172 Competence of worker—incidental diving work 173 Competence of worker—limited scientific diving work 174 Competence of competent person supervising general diving work 175 Evidence of competence—duty of person conducting business or undertaking Division 3—Managing risks—general diving work 176 Management of risks to health and safety 177 Appointment of competent person to supervise diving work 178 Additional control—dive plan 179 Dive plan must be complied with 180 Additional control—dive safety log to be kept 181 Use of dive safety log 182 Record keeping Division 4—High risk diving work 183 Duties of person conducting business or undertaking 184 Duty of worker—competence Chapter 5—Plant and structures Part 1—General duties for plant and structures Division 1—Preliminary 185 Application of Chapter 5 Part 1 to plant 186 Application of Chapter 5 Part 1 to structures Division 2—Duties of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that design plant 187 Provision of information to manufacturer 188 Hazard identified in design during manufacture 189 Guarding 190 Operational controls 191 Emergency stop controls 192 Warning devices Division 3—Duties of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that manufacture plant 193 Control of risk 194 Guarding 195 Information must be obtained and provided Division 4—Duties of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that import plant 196 Information to be obtained and provided by importer 197 Control of risk Division 5—Duties of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that supply plant 198 Information to be obtained and provided by supplier 199 Supply of second‑hand plant—duties of supplier 200 Second‑hand plant to be used for scrap or spare parts Division 6—Duties of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that install, construct or commission plant or structures 201 Duties of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that install, construct or commission plant 202 Duties of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that install, construct or commission structures Division 7—General duties of a person conducting a business or undertaking involving the management or control of plant Subdivision 1—Management of risks 203 Management of risks to health and safety Subdivision 2—Additional control measures for general plant 204 Control of risks arising from installation or commissioning 205 Preventing unauthorised alterations to or interference with plant 206 Proper use of plant and controls 207 Plant not in use 208 Guarding 209 Guarding and insulation from heat and cold 210 Operational controls 211 Emergency stops 212 Warning devices 213 Maintenance and inspection of plant Subdivision 3—Additional control measures for certain plant 214 Powered mobile plant—general control of risk 215 Powered mobile plant—specific control measures 216 Roll‑over protection on tractors 218 Industrial lift trucks 219 Plant that lifts or suspends loads 220 Exception—Plant not specifically designed to lift or suspend a person 221 Plant used in connection with tree lopping 222 Industrial robots 223 Lasers 224 Pressure equipment 225 Scaffolds 226 Plant with presence‑sensing safeguarding system—records Part 2—Additional duties relating to registered plant and plant designs Division 1—Application of Chapter 5 Part 2 227 Application of Chapter 5 Part 2 Division 2—Duty of person conducting a business or undertaking who designs plant to record plant design 228 Records and information 229 Record of standards or engineering principles used 230 Records to be available for inspection Division 3—Duties of a person conducting a business or undertaking 231 Duty of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that manufacture plant 232 Duty of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that import plant 233 Duty of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that supply plant 234 Duty of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that commission plant Division 4—Duties of a person conducting a business or undertaking involving the management or control of plant Subdivision 1—Control measures for registered plant 235 Major inspection of registered mobile cranes and tower cranes 236 Lifts 237 Records of plant Subdivision 2—Control measures for amusement devices and passenger ropeways 238 Operation of amusement devices and passenger ropeways 239 Storage of amusement devices and passenger ropeways 240 Maintenance, inspection and testing of amusement devices and passenger ropeways 241 Annual inspection of amusement devices and passenger ropeways 242 Log book and manuals for amusement devices Part 3—Registration of plant designs and items of plant Division 1—Plant designs to be registered 243 Plant design to be registered 244 Altered plant designs to be registered 245 Recognition of designs registered by corresponding regulator Division 2—Items of plant to be registered 246 Items of plant to be registered 247 Recognition of plant registered by corresponding regulator Division 3—Registration process for plant designs 248 Application of Division 3 249 Who can apply to register a plant design 250 Application for registration 251 Design verification statement 252 Who can be the design verifier 253 Duty of design verifier 254 Design verification statements not to be made in certain circumstances 255 Additional information 256 Decision on application 257 Refusal of registration—process 258 Conditions of registration 259 Duration of registration of plant design 260 Plant design registration number 261 Registration document 262 Registration document to be available 263 Disclosure of design information Division 4—Registration process for an item of plant 264 Application of Division 4 265 Who can apply to register an item of plant 266 Application for registration 267 When is a person competent to inspect plant 268 Additional information 269 Decision on application 270 Refusal of registration—process 271 Conditions of registration 272 Duration of registration 273 Plant registration number 274 Registration document 275 Registration document to be available 276 Regulator may renew registration 277 Application for renewal 278 Registration continues in force until application is decided 279 Decision on application 280 Status of registration during review Division 5—Changes to registration and registration documents 281 Application of Division 282 Changes to information 283 Amendment of registration imposed by regulator 284 Amendment on application by registration holder 285 Minor corrections to registration 286 Regulator to give amended registration document 287 Registration holder to return registration document 288 Replacement registration document Division 6—Cancellation of registration 288A Application of Division 288B Regulator may cancel registration 288C Cancellation process 288D Registration holder to return registration document Chapter 6—Construction work Part 1—Preliminary 289 Meaning of construction work 290 Meaning of structure 291 Meaning of high risk construction work 292 Meaning of construction project 293 Meaning of principal contractor Part 2—Duties of designer of structure and person who commissions construction work 294 Person who commissions work must consult with designer 295 Designer must give safety report to person who commissions design 296 Person who commissions project must give information to principal contractor Part 3—Duties of person conducting business or undertaking Division 1—General 297 Management of risks to health and safety 298 Security of workplace Division 2—High risk construction work—safe work method statements 299 Safe work method statement required for high risk construction work 300 Compliance with safe work method statement 301 Safe work method statement—copy to be given to principal contractor 302 Review of safe work method statement 303 Safe work method statement must be kept Division 3—Excavation work 304 Excavation work—underground essential services information 305 Management of risks to health and safety associated with excavation work 306 Additional controls—trenches Part 4—Additional duties of principal contractor 307 Application of Chapter 6 Part 4 308 Specific control measure—signage identifying principal contractor 309 WHS management plan—preparation 310 WHS management plan—duty to inform 311 WHS management plan—review 312 High risk construction work—safe work method statements 313 Copy of WHS management plan must be kept 314 Further health and safety duties—specific regulations 315 Further health and safety duties—specific risks Part 5—General construction induction training Division 1—General construction induction training requirements 316 Duty to provide general construction induction training 317 Duty to ensure worker has been trained 318 Recognition of general construction induction training cards issued in other jurisdictions Division 2—General construction induction training cards 319 Issue of card 320 Content of card 321 Replacement card 322 Refusal to issue or replace card 323 Cancellation of card—grounds 324 Cancellation of card—process 325 RTO may enter agreement to issue cards Division 3—Duties of workers 326 Duties of workers 327 Alteration of general construction induction training card Chapter 7—Hazardous chemicals Part 1—Hazardous chemicals Division 1—Application of Chapter 7 Part 1 328 Application of Chapter 7 Part 1 Division 2—Obligations relating to safety data sheets and other matters Subdivision 1—Obligations of manufacturers and importers 329 Classification of hazardous chemicals 330 Manufacturer or importer to prepare and provide safety data sheets 331 Safety data sheets—research chemical, waste product or sample for analysis 332 Emergency disclosure of chemical identities to registered medical practitioner 333 Emergency disclosure of chemical identities to emergency service worker 334 Packing hazardous chemicals 335 Labelling hazardous chemicals Subdivision 2—Obligations of suppliers 336 Restriction on age of person who can supply hazardous chemicals 337 Retailer or supplier packing hazardous chemicals 338 Supplier labelling hazardous chemicals 339 Supplier to provide safety data sheets 340 Supply of prohibited and restricted carcinogens Subdivision 3—Obligations of persons conducting businesses or undertakings 341 Labelling hazardous chemicals—general requirement 342 Labelling hazardous chemicals—containers 343 Labelling hazardous chemicals—pipe work 344 Person conducting business or undertaking to obtain and give access to safety data sheets 345 Changes to safety data sheets Division 3—Register and manifest of hazardous chemicals Subdivision 1—Hazardous chemicals register 346 Hazardous chemicals register Subdivision 2—Manifest of Schedule 11 hazardous chemicals 347 Manifest of hazardous chemicals Division 4—Placards 349 Outer warning placards—requirement to display 350 Placard—requirement to display Division 5—Control of risk—obligations of persons conducting businesses or undertakings Subdivision 1—General obligations relating to management of risk 351 Management of risks to health or safety 352 Review of control measures 353 Safety signs 354 Identification of risk of physical or chemical reaction 355 Specific control—fire and explosion 356 Keeping hazardous chemicals stable Subdivision 2—Spills and damage 357 Containing and managing spills 358 Protecting hazardous chemicals from damage Subdivision 3—Emergency plans and safety equipment 359 Fire protection and firefighting equipment 360 Emergency equipment 361 Emergency plans 362 Safety equipment Subdivision 4—Storage and handling systems 363 Control of risks from storage or handling systems 364 Containers for hazardous chemicals used, handled or stored in bulk 365 Stopping use and disposing of handling systems 366 Stopping use of underground storage and handling systems 367 Notification of abandoned tank Division 6—Health monitoring 368 Duty to provide health monitoring 369 Duty to inform of health monitoring 370 Duty to ensure that appropriate health monitoring is provided 371 Duty to ensure health monitoring is supervised by registered medical practitioner with experience 372 Duty to pay costs of health monitoring 373 Information that must be provided to registered medical practitioner 374 Duty to obtain health monitoring report 375 Duty to give health monitoring report to worker 376 Duty to give health monitoring report to regulator 377 Duty to give health monitoring report to relevant persons conducting businesses or undertakings 378 Health monitoring records Division 7—Induction, information, training and supervision 379 Duty to provide supervision Division 8—Prohibition, authorisation and restricted use 380 Using, handling and storing prohibited carcinogens 381 Using, handling and storing restricted carcinogens 382 Using, handling and storing restricted hazardous chemicals 383 Application for authorisation to use, handle or store prohibited and restricted carcinogens 384 Authorisation to use, handle or store prohibited carcinogens and restricted carcinogens 385 Changes to information in application to be reported 386 Regulator may cancel authorisation 387 Statement of exposure to be given to workers 388 Records to be kept Division 9—Pipelines 389 Management of risk by pipeline owner 390 Pipeline builder's duties 391 Management of risks to health and safety by pipeline operator Part 2—Lead Division 1—Lead process 392 Meaning of lead process 393 Regulator may decide lead process 394 Meaning of lead risk work 395 Duty to give information about health risks of lead process Division 2—Control of risk 396 Containment of lead contamination 397 Cleaning methods 398 Prohibition on eating, drinking and smoking 399 Provision of changing and washing facilities 400 Laundering, disposal and removal of personal protective equipment 401 Review of control measures Division 3—Lead risk work 402 Identifying lead risk work 403 Notification of lead risk work 404 Changes to information in notification of lead risk work Division 4—Health monitoring 405 Duty to provide health monitoring before first commencing lead risk work 406 Duty to ensure that appropriate health monitoring is provided 407 Frequency of biological monitoring 408 Duty to ensure health monitoring is supervised by registered medical practitioner with relevant experience 409 Duty to pay costs of health monitoring 410 Information that must be provided to registered medical practitioner 411 Duty to obtain health monitoring report 412 Duty to give health monitoring report to worker 413 Duty to give health monitoring report to regulator 414 Duty to give health monitoring report to relevant persons conducting businesses or undertakings 415 Removal of worker from lead risk work 416 Duty to ensure medical examination if worker removed from lead risk work 417 Return to lead risk work after removal 418 Health monitoring records Chapter 8—Asbestos Part 1—Prohibitions and authorised conduct 419 Work involving asbestos or ACM—prohibitions and exceptions Part 2—General duty 420 Exposure to airborne asbestos at workplace Part 3—Management of asbestos and associated risks 421 Application of Chapter 8 Part 3 422 Asbestos to be identified or assumed at workplace 423 Analysis of sample 424 Presence and location of asbestos to be indicated 425 Asbestos register 426 Review of asbestos register 427 Access to asbestos register 428 Transfer of asbestos register by person relinquishing management or control 429 Asbestos management plan 430 Review of asbestos management plan Part 4—Management of naturally occurring asbestos 431 Naturally occurring asbestos 432 Asbestos management plan 433 Review of asbestos management plan 434 Training in relation to naturally occurring asbestos Part 5—Asbestos at the workplace Division 1—Health monitoring 435 Duty to provide health monitoring 436 Duty to ensure that appropriate health monitoring is provided 437 Duty to ensure health monitoring is supervised by registered medical practitioner with relevant experience 438 Duty to pay costs of health monitoring 439 Information that must be provided to registered medical practitioner 440 Duty to obtain health monitoring report 441 Duty to give health monitoring report to worker 442 Duty to give health monitoring report to regulator 443 Duty to give health monitoring report to relevant persons conducting businesses or undertakings 444 Health monitoring records Division 2—Training 445 Duty to train workers about asbestos Division 3—Control on use of certain equipment 446 Duty to limit use of equipment Part 6—Demolition and refurbishment 447 Application—Chapter 8 Part 6 448 Review of asbestos register 449 Duty to give asbestos register to person conducting business or undertaking of demolition or refurbishment 450 Duty to obtain asbestos register 451 Determining presence of asbestos or ACM 452 Identification and removal of asbestos before demolition 453 Identification and removal of asbestos before demolition of residential premises 454 Emergency procedure 455 Emergency procedure—residential premises 456 Identification and removal of asbestos before refurbishment 457 Refurbishment of residential premises Part 7—Asbestos removal work 458 Duty to ensure asbestos removalist is licensed 459 Asbestos removal supervisor must be present or readily available 460 Asbestos removal worker must be trained 461 Licensed asbestos removalist must keep training records 462 Duty to give information about health risks of licensed asbestos removal work 463 Asbestos removalist must obtain register 464 Asbestos removal control plan 465 Asbestos removal control plan to be kept and available 466 Regulator must be notified of asbestos removal 467 Licensed asbestos removalist must inform certain persons about intended asbestos removal work 468 Person with management or control of workplace must inform persons about asbestos removal work 469 Signage and barricades for asbestos removal work 470 Limiting access to asbestos removal area 471 Decontamination facilities 472 Disposing of asbestos waste and contaminated personal protective equipment 473 Clearance inspection 474 Clearance certificates Part 8—Asbestos removal requiring asbestos removal licence 475 Air monitoring—asbestos removal requiring asbestos removal licence 476 Action if respirable asbestos fibre level too high 477 Removing friable asbestos Part 9—Asbestos-related work 478 Application of Chapter 8 Part 9 479 Uncertainty as to presence of asbestos 480 Duty to give information about health risks of asbestos‑related work 481 Asbestos-related work to be in separate area 482 Air monitoring 483 Decontamination facilities 484 Disposing of asbestos waste and contaminated personal protective equipment Part 10—Licensing of asbestos removalists and asbestos assessors Division 1—Asbestos removalists—requirement to be licensed 485 Requirement to hold Class A asbestos removal licence 486 Exception to requirement to hold Class A asbestos removal licence 487 Requirement to hold Class B asbestos removal licence 488 Recognition of asbestos removal licences in other jurisdictions Division 2—Asbestos assessors—requirement to be licensed 489 Requirement to hold asbestos assessor licence 490 Recognition of asbestos assessor licences in other jurisdictions Division 3—Licensing process 491 Who may apply for a licence 492 Application for asbestos removal licence or asbestos assessor licence 493 Content of application—Class A asbestos removal licence 494 Content of application—Class B asbestos removal licence 495 Content of application—asbestos assessor licence 496 Additional information 497 Decision on application 498 Class A asbestos removal licence—regulator to be satisfied about additional matters 499 Class B asbestos removal licence—regulator to be satisfied about additional matters 500 Matters to be taken into account 501 Refusal to grant licence—process 502 Conditions of licence 503 Duration of licence 504 Licence document 505 Licence document to be available Division 4—Amendment of licence and licence document 506 Changes to information 507 Change to nominated supervisor 508 Amendment imposed by regulator 509 Amendment on application by licence holder 510 Minor corrections to licence 511 Regulator to give amended licence to the licence holder 512 Licence holder to return licence 513 Replacement licence document 514 Voluntary surrender of licence Division 5—Renewal of licence 515 Regulator may renew licence 516 Application for renewal 517 Provisions relating to renewal of licence 518 Renewal of asbestos removal licence—regulator to be satisfied about certain matters 519 Status of licence during review Division 6—Suspension and cancellation of licence 520 Suspension or cancellation of licence 521 Matters taken into account 522 Notice to and submissions by licence holder 523 Notice of decision 524 Immediate suspension 525 Licence holder to return licence document 526 Regulator to return licence document after suspension Division 7—General 527 Asbestos removal licence register 528 Asbestos assessors register 529 Work must be supervised by named supervisor Chapter 8A—Crystalline silica Part 1—Preliminary 529A Meaning of processing in relation to crystalline silica substances and related terms 529B When processing of CSS is controlled 529C Duty for processing of CSS to be controlled 529CA Identifying processing of CSS that is high risk 529CB Silica risk control plan required for processing of CSS that is high risk 529CC Compliance with silica risk control plan 529CD Duty to train workers about risks of crystalline silica 529CE Monitoring in relation to processing of CSS that is high risk Part 2—Work involving engineered stone benchtops, panels or slabs 529D Work involving engineered stone benchtops, panels or slabs—prohibition 529E Work involving engineered stone benchtops, panels or slabs—exception for particular supply and installation 529F Work involving engineered stone benchtops, panels or slabs—exception for particular processing Part 3—Regulator to be notified of particular processing of engineered stone 529G Notification of particular processing of engineered stone 529H Notification of change in information given under Part 3 529I Notification that work continues 12 months after last notice given under Part 3 529J Duty to keep notice given under Part 3 Chapter 9—Major hazard facilities Part 1—Preliminary Division 1—Application and interpretation 530 This Chapter does not apply to certain facilities 531 Meaning of major incident 532 Meaning of hazardous chemicals that are present or likely to be present 533 Meaning of operator of a facility or proposed facility 534 Meaning of modification of a facility Division 2—Requirement to be licensed 535 A major hazard facility must be licensed Part 2—Determinations about major hazard facilities 536 Operators of certain facilities must notify regulator 537 Notification—proposed facilities 538 Content of notification 539 When regulator may conduct inquiry 540 Inquiry procedure 541 Determination in relation to facility, on inquiry 542 Determination in relation to over-threshold facility 543 Suitability of facility operator 544 Conditions on determination of major hazard facility 545 Notice and effect of determinations 546 When regulator may revoke a determination 547 Re-notification if quantity of Schedule 15 chemicals increases 548 Notification by new operator 549 Time in which major hazard facility licence must be applied for Part 3—Duties of operators of determined major hazard facilities Division 1—Application of Chapter 9 Part 3 550 Application of Chapter 9 Part 3 Division 2—Safety case outline 551 Safety case outline must be provided 552 Content 553 Alteration Division 3—Management of risk 554 Identification of major incidents and major incident hazards 555 Safety assessment 556 Control of risk 557 Emergency plan 558 Safety management system 559 Review of risk management Division 4—Safety case 560 Safety case must be provided 561 Content 562 Co-ordination for multiple facilities 563 Review Part 4—Licensed major hazard facilities—risk management 564 Identification of major incidents and major incident hazards 565 Safety assessment 566 Control of risk 567 Emergency plan 568 Safety management system 569 Review of risk management 570 Safety case—review 571 Information for visitors 572 Information for local community—general 573 Information for local community—major incident Part 5—Consultation and workers' safety role 574 Safety role for workers 575 Operator of major hazard facility must consult with workers Part 6—Duties of workers at licensed major hazard facilities 576 Duties Part 7—Licensing of major hazard facilities Division 1—Licensing process 577 Who may apply for a licence 578 Application for major hazard facility licence 579 Additional information 580 Decision on application 581 Matters to be taken into account 582 When decision is to be made 583 Refusal to grant major hazard facility licence—process 584 Conditions of licence 585 Duration of licence 585A Annual fee 586 Licence document 587 Licence document to be available Division 2—Amendment of licence and licence document 588 Changes to information 589 Amendment imposed by regulator 590 Amendment on application by operator 591 Minor corrections to major hazard facility licence 592 Regulator to give amended licence document to operator 593 Operator to return licence 594 Replacement licence document Division 3—Renewal of major hazard facility licence 595 Regulator may renew licence 596 Application for renewal 597 Licence continues in force until application is decided 598 Provisions relating to renewal of licence 599 Status of major hazard facility licence during review Division 4—Transfer of major hazard facility licence 600 Transfer of major hazard facility licence Division 5—Suspension and cancellation of major hazard facility licence 601 Cancellation of major hazard facility licence—on operator's application 602 Suspension or cancellation of licence—on regulator's initiative 603 Matters to be taken into account 604 Notice to and submissions by operator 605 Notice of decision 606 Immediate suspension 607 Operator to return licence document 608 Regulator to return licence document after suspension Chapter 10—Mines Part 1—Preliminary 609 Meaning of mine 610 Meaning of mining operations 611 Meaning of mineral 612 Meaning of principal mining hazard 613 Meaning of mine operator 614 Meaning of mine holder 614A Application of Chapter 9 615 Appointment of mine operator 615A Duty to appoint mine manager 616 Notification of mine operator to regulator Part 2—Managing Risks Division 1—General requirements Subdivision 1—Control of risk 617 Managing risks to health and safety 618 Review of control measures 619 Record of certain reviews of control measures—mine operator 620 Record of certain reviews of control measures—other persons conducting a business or undertaking Subdivision 2—Safety management system 621 Duty to establish and implement safety management system 622 Content of safety management system 623 Performance standards and audit 624 Maintenance 625 Review Subdivision 3—Information to adjoining mine operators 626 Duty to provide information to mine operator of adjoining mine Division 2—Principal mining hazard management plans 627 Identification of principal mining hazards and conduct of risk assessments 628 Preparation of principal mining hazard management plan 629 Review Division 3—Specific control measures—all mines Subdivision 1—Operational controls 630 Communication between outgoing and incoming shifts 631 Movement of mobile plant 632 Prohibited uses 633 Closure, suspension or abandonment of mine 634 Minimum age to work in mine Subdivision 2—Air quality and monitoring 635 Temperature and moisture content of air 636 Ensuring exposure standards for dust not exceeded 637 Monitoring exposure to airborne dust 638 Air monitoring—use of devices 639 Air monitoring—signage Subdivision 3—Fitness for work 640 Fatigue 641 Alcohol and drugs Division 4—Specific control measures—underground mines Subdivision 1—All underground mines—operational controls 642 Inrush hazards 643 Connecting workings 644 Winding systems 645 Operation of shaft conveyances 646 Dust explosion Subdivision 2—All underground mines—air quality and ventilation 647 Air quality—airborne contaminants 648 Air quality—minimum standards for ventilated air 649 Air monitoring—air quality 650 Requirements if air quality requirements and exposure standards not complied with 651 Records of air monitoring 652 Ventilation system—further requirements 653 Monitoring and testing of ventilation system 654 Duty to prepare ventilation control plan 655 Review of ventilation control plan 656 Ventilation plan Subdivision 3—Underground coal mines Division 5—Emergency management Subdivision 1—Emergency plans for all mines 664 Duty to prepare emergency plan 665 Consultation in preparation of emergency plan 666 Implementation of emergency plan 667 Copies to be kept and provided 668 Resources for emergency plan 669 Testing of emergency plan 670 Review Subdivision 2—Underground mines 671 Emergency exits 672 Safe escape and refuge 673 Signage for refuges 674 Self-rescuers 675 Personal protective equipment in emergencies Division 6—Information, training and instruction 675A Duty to inform workers about safety management system 675B Duty to provide information, training and instruction 675C Information for visitors 675D Review of information, training and instruction 675E Record of training Part 3—Health Monitoring 675F Health monitoring of worker 675G Duty to inform of health monitoring 675H Duty to ensure health monitoring is carried out or supervised by registered medical practitioner with experience 675I Duty to pay costs of health monitoring 675J Duty to provide registered medical practitioner with information 675K Health monitoring report 675L Person conducting business or undertaking to obtain health monitoring report 675M Person conducting business or undertaking to give health monitoring report to mine operator of mine 675N Duty to give health monitoring report to worker 675O Duty to give health monitoring report to regulator 675P Health monitoring reports kept as records Part 4—Consultation and Workers' Safety Role 675Q Safety role for workers in relation to principal mining hazards 675R Mine operator must consult with workers Part 5—Mine Survey Plans 675S Survey plan of mine must be prepared 675T Review of survey plan 675U Survey plan to be available Part 6—Provision of information to regulator 675V Duty to notify regulator of certain incidents 675W Quarterly reports 675X Duty to notify mine operator of notifiable incidents Part 7—Mine Record 675Y Mine record 675Z Mine record must be kept and available Chapter 11—General Part 1—Review of decisions under these regulations Division 1—Reviewable decisions 676 Which decisions under these regulations are reviewable Division 2—Internal review 677 Application 678 Application for internal review 679 Internal reviewer 680 Decision of internal reviewer 681 Decision on internal review 682 Internal review—reviewable decision continues Division 3—External review 683 Application for external review Part 2—Exemptions Division 1—General 684 General power to grant exemptions 685 Matters to be considered in granting exemptions Division 2—High risk work licences 686 High risk work licence—exemption 687 High risk work licence—regulator to be satisfied about certain matters Division 3—Major hazard facilities 688 Major hazard facility—exemption 689 Major hazard facility—regulator to be satisfied about certain matters Division 3A—Engineered stone 689A Engineered stone—exemption 689B Engineered stone—application for exemption 689C Engineered stone—notifying persons of application for exemption 689D Engineered stone—regulator to be satisfied about certain matters 689E Safe Work Australia may issue and publish documents in relation to exemptions Division 4—Exemption process 690 Application for exemption 691 Conditions of exemption 692 Form of exemption document 693 Compliance with conditions of exemption 694 Notice of decision in relation to exemption 695 Publication of exemption 696 Notice of refusal of exemption 697 Amendment or cancellation of exemption 698 Notice of amendment or cancellation Part 3—Miscellaneous 699 Incident notification—prescribed serious illnesses 699A Incident notification—prescribed dangerous incident 700 Inspectors' identity cards 701 Review of decisions under the Act—stay of decision 702 Confidentiality of information—exception relating to administration or enforcement of other laws 703 Expiation notices 704 Expiation of offences against Act 705 Waiver of fees 706 Registration of employers 707 Prescription of fee Part 4—Transitional and saving provisions 708 Interpretation 709 Training for health and safety representatives (regulation 21) 710 Confined space entry permit (regulation 67) 711 Notice of demolition work (regulation 142) 712 Inspection and testing of electrical equipment (regulation 150) 713 Plant with presence-sensing safeguarding system—records (regulation 226) 714 Major inspection of registered mobile cranes and tower cranes (regulation 235) 715 Records of plant (regulation 237) 716 Health monitoring records (regulation 444) 717 Licensed asbestos removalist must keep training records (regulation 461) 718 Amusement structures—registration of design 719 Amusement structures—registration 720 Plant—registration of design 721 Plant—registration 722 High risk work—accreditation of assessors 723 Pipeline builder's duties (regulation 390) 724 Licence to carry out high risk work 725 Asbestos removal licence 727 Asbestos assessors licence 728 Asbestos removal supervisors and asbestos removal workers 729 Applicants for asbestos removal licences or asbestos assessor licences (regulation 491) 730 Diving work 731 Duties of designers 732 Duties of manufacturers 733 Duties of importers 734 Duties of suppliers 735 Duties of persons who install, construct or commission plant or structures 736 Classification and labelling under GHS 737 Roll-over protection on tractors (regulation 216) 738 Existing use, handling or storing of prohibited or restricted carcinogens (regulations 380 and 381) 739 Codes of practice (repealed Act) 740 Codes of practice (new scheme) 741 Consultants Part 5—Transitional and saving provisions associated with Work Health and Safety (Engineered Stone) Amendment Regulations 2024 742 Particular work involving engineered stone—exception if carried out before 1 July 2024 743 Particular work involving engineered stone—exception if carried out under pre-2024 contract 744 Application of Chapter 8A Part 3 to processing of engineered stone carried out before 1 July 2024 Schedule 2—Fees Schedule 3—High risk work licences and classes of high risk work 1 Boom-type elevating work platform Schedule 4—High risk work licences—competency requirements 1 Purpose of this Schedule Schedule 5—Registration of plant and plant designs Part 1—Plant requiring registration of design 1 Items of plant requiring registration of design 2 Exceptions Part 2—Items of plant requiring registration 3 Items of plant requiring registration 4 Exceptions Schedule 6—Classification of mixtures Schedule 7—Safety data sheets 1 Safety data sheets—content 2 Safety data sheets—research chemical, waste product or sample for analysis Schedule 8—Disclosure of ingredients in safety data sheet 1 Purpose of this Schedule 2 Identity of ingredients to be disclosed 3 Generic names used to disclose identity of ingredients 4 Disclosing proportions of ingredients Schedule 9—Classification, packaging and labelling requirements Part 1—Correct classification 1 Correct classification of a substance, mixture or article Part 2—Correct packing 2 Correctly packing hazardous chemicals Part 3—Correct labelling 3 Labelling hazardous chemicals—general 4 Labelling hazardous chemicals—small container 5 Labelling hazardous chemicals—research chemicals or samples for analysis 6 Labelling hazardous chemicals—decanted or transferred chemicals 7 Labelling hazardous chemicals—known hazards 8 Labelling hazardous chemicals—waste products 9 Labelling hazardous chemicals—explosives 10 Labelling hazardous chemicals—agricultural and veterinary chemicals Schedule 10—Prohibited carcinogens, restricted carcinogens and restricted hazardous chemicals Schedule 11—Placard and manifest quantities 1 Determination of classification of flammable liquids Schedule 12—Manifest requirements 1 Manifest—general information 2 Manifest—bulk storage and containers 3 Manifest—identification of hazardous chemical 4 Manifest—storage area for packaged hazardous chemicals 5 Manifest—hazardous chemicals being manufactured 6 Manifest—hazardous chemicals in transit 7 Manifest—plan of workplace Schedule 13—Placard requirements 1 Displaying placards 2 Maintaining placards 3 Outer warning placards—requirements 4 Placards for particular hazardous chemicals stored in bulk 5 Placards for unstable explosives, organic peroxides type A or self-reactive substances type A stored in bulk 6 Placards for packaged Schedule 11 hazardous chemicals (other than flammable liquids category 4) and IBCs 7 Placards for flammable liquids category 4 packaged or in bulk Schedule 14—Requirements for health monitoring Schedule 15—Hazardous chemicals at major hazard facilities (and their threshold quantity) 1 Definitions 2 Relevant hazardous chemicals 3 Threshold quantity of one hazardous chemical 4 Threshold quantity of more than 1 hazardous chemical 5 How table 15.1 must be used 6 How table 15.2 must be used Schedule 16—Matters to be included in emergency plan for major hazard facility Schedule 17—Additional matters to be included in safety management system of major hazard facility Schedule 18—Additional matters to be included in safety case for a major hazard facility Schedule 19—Principal mining hazard management plans—additional matters to be considered 1 Ground or strata instability 2 Inundation and inrush 3 Mine shafts and winding operations 4 Roads and other vehicle operating areas 5 Air quality, dust and other airborne contaminants 6 Fire and explosion 7 Gas outbursts 8 Spontaneous combustion Schedule 20—Prohibited uses in mines Schedule 21—Concentration levels for atmospheric contaminants Schedule 22—Matters to be included in emergency plan for a mine 1 Site and hazard detail 2 Command structure and site personnel 3 Notifications 4 Resources and equipment 5 Procedures Schedule 23—Information to be included in notification of mining incident 1 Person injured 2 Incident 3 Consequences of incident Schedule 24—Information to be included in mine quarterly report 1 Meaning of incident 2 Mine holder 3 Mine operator 4 The mine 5 Commodity processed 6 Number of workers 7 Number of hours worked 8 Number of incidents 9 Number of lost time injuries 10 Days lost from work 11 Number of restricted duty days 12 Number of workers placed on restricted duties 13 Number of medical treatment injuries 14 Number of deaths 15 Other information Legislative history