Work Health and Safety (General) Regulations 2022 (WA)

Western Australia Work Health and Safety Act 2020 Work Health and Safety (General) Regulations 2022 Western Australia Work Health and Safety (General) Regulations 2022 Contents Chapter 1 — Preliminary Part 1.1 — Introductory matters 1. Citation 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Not used 1 4. Not used 1 5. Terms used 1 6. Determination of safety management system 1 6A. Corresponding WHS laws prescribed 1 7. Meaning of person conducting a business or undertaking: persons excluded 1 8. Meaning of supply 1 9. Provisions linked to health and safety duties in Act 1 Part 1.2 — Application 10. Non‑application of regulations to mines and petroleum and geothermal energy operations 1 11. Application of regulations 1 12. Assessment of risk in relation to a class of hazards, tasks, circumstances or things 1 Part 1.3 — Incorporated documents 13. Documents incorporated as in force when incorporated 1 14. Inconsistencies between provisions 1 15. References to standards 1 Chapter 2 — Representation and participation Part 2.1 — Representation Division 1 — Work groups 16. Negotiations for and determination of work groups 1 17. Matters to be taken into account in negotiations 1 Division 2 — Health and safety representatives 18. Procedures for election of health and safety representatives 1 19. Person conducting business or undertaking must not delay election 1 20. Removal of health and safety representatives 1 20A. Notice of entry for person assisting health and safety representative 1 21. Training for health and safety representatives 1 Part 2.2 — Issue resolution 22. Agreed procedure: minimum requirements 1 23. Default procedure 1 Part 2.3 — Cessation of unsafe work 24. Continuity of engagement of worker 1 Part 2.4 — Not used 25. Not used 1 26. Not used 1 27. Not used 1 28. Not used 1 29. Not used 1 30. Not used 1 31. Not used 1 Chapter 3 — General risk and workplace management Part 3.1 — Managing risks to health and safety 32. Application of Part 1 33. Specific requirements must be complied with 1 34. Duty to identify hazards 1 35. Managing risks to health and safety 1 36. Hierarchy of control measures 1 37. Maintenance of control measures 1 38. Review of control measures 1 Part 3.2 — General workplace management Division 1 — Information, training and instruction 39. Provision of information, training and instruction 1 Division 2 — General working environment 40. Duty in relation to general workplace facilities 1 41. Duty to provide and maintain adequate and accessible facilities 1 41A. Duty to protect from extremes of heat and cold 1 41B. Duty to provide adequate seating 1 Division 3 — First aid 42. Duty to provide first aid 1 Division 4 — Emergency plans 43. Duty to prepare, maintain and implement emergency plan 1 Division 5 — Personal protective equipment 44. Provision to workers and use of personal protective equipment 1 45. Personal protective equipment used by other persons 1 46. Duties of worker 1 47. Duty of person other than worker 1 Division 6 — Remote or isolated work 48. Remote or isolated work 1 Division 7 — Managing risks from airborne contaminants 49. Ensuring exposure standards for substances and mixtures not exceeded 1 50. Monitoring airborne contaminant levels 1 Division 7A — Protection from tobacco smoke 50A. Terms used 1 50B. Meaning of enclosed workplace 1 50C. Assessment of notional vertical surface area 1 50D. Persons not to smoke in enclosed workplace 1 50E. Defence to r. 50D: smoking in private vehicle or residence 1 50F. Defence to r. 50D: smoking by actor in a performance 1 50G. Certain persons to give notice of smoking restrictions 1 50H. Inspectors may require certain persons to extinguish tobacco products 1 50I. Exposure to secondhand smoke 1 Division 8 — Hazardous atmospheres 51. Managing risks to health and safety 1 52. Ignition sources 1 Division 9 — Storage of flammable or combustible substances 53. Flammable and combustible material not to be accumulated 1 Division 10 — Falling objects 54. Management of risk of falling objects 1 55. Minimising risk associated with falling objects 1 Division 11 — Psychosocial risks 55A. Meaning of psychosocial hazard 1 55B. Meaning of psychosocial risk 1 55C. Managing psychosocial risks 1 55D. Control measures 1 Division 12 — Directed medical examinations 55E. Meaning of medical examination notice 1 55F. Regulator may direct medical examination of workers 1 55G. Worker to choose registered medical practitioner 1 55H. Person conducting business or undertaking must comply with medical examination notice 1 55I. Duties of registered medical practitioner conducting examination 1 55J. Regulator must inform person conducting business or undertaking 1 55K. Person conducting business or undertaking must ensure confidentiality of medical examination results 1 Chapter 4 — Hazardous work Part 4.1 — Noise 56. Meaning of exposure standard for noise 1 57. Managing risk of hearing loss from noise 1 58. Audiometric testing 1 59. Duties of designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers of plant 1 Part 4.2 — Hazardous manual tasks 60. Managing risks to health and safety 1 61. Duties of designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers of plant or structures 1 Part 4.3 — Confined spaces Division 1 — Preliminary 62. Confined spaces to which Part applies 1 63. Application to emergency service workers 1 Division 2 — Duties of designer, manufacturer, importer, supplier, installer and constructor of plant or structure 64. Duty to eliminate or minimise risk 1 Division 3 — Duties of person conducting business or undertaking 65. Entry into confined space must comply with Division 1 66. Managing risks to health and safety 1 67. Confined space entry permit 1 68. Signage 1 69. Communication and safety monitoring 1 70. Specific control: connected plant and services 1 71. Specific control: atmosphere 1 72. Specific control: flammable gases and vapours 1 73. Specific control: fire and explosion 1 74. Emergency procedures 1 75. Personal protective equipment in emergencies 1 76. Information, training and instruction for workers 1 77. Confined space entry permit and risk assessment must be kept 1 Part 4.4 — Falls 78. Management of risk of fall 1 79. Specific requirements to minimise risk of fall 1 79A. Duties of certain persons as to holes or openings in floors 1 80. Emergency and rescue procedures 1 Part 4.5 — 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 1 82. Exceptions 1 83. Recognition of high risk work licences in other jurisdictions 1 84. Duty of person conducting business or undertaking to ensure direct supervision 1 85. Evidence of licence: duty of person conducting business or undertaking 1 Subdivision 2 — Licensing process 86. Who may apply for a licence 1 87. Application for high risk work licence 1 88. Additional information 1 89. Decision on application 1 90. Matters to be taken into account 1 91. Refusal to grant high risk work licence: process 1 91A. Conditions of licence 1 92. Duration of licence 1 93. Licence document 1 94. Licence document to be available 1 95. Reassessment of competency of licence holder 1 Subdivision 3 — Amendment of licence document 96. Notice of change of address 1 97. Licence holder to return licence 1 98. Replacement licence document 1 99. Voluntary surrender of licence 1 Subdivision 4 — Renewal of high risk work licence 100. Regulator may renew licence 1 101. Application for renewal 1 102. Licence continues in force until application is decided 1 103. Renewal of expired licence 1 104. Provisions relating to renewal of licence 1 105. Status of licence during review 1 Subdivision 5 — Suspension and cancellation of high risk work licence 106. Suspension or cancellation of licence 1 107. Matters taken into account 1 108. Notice to and submissions by licence holder 1 109. Notice of decision 1 110. Immediate suspension 1 111. Licence holder to return licence document 1 112. Regulator to return licence document after suspension 1 Division 2 — Accreditation of assessors Subdivision 1 — Requirement to be accredited 113. Accreditation required to assess competency for high risk work licence 1 114. Accredited assessor must act in accordance with accreditation 1 Subdivision 2 — Accreditation process 115. Regulator may accredit assessors 1 116. Application for accreditation 1 117. Additional information 1 118. Decision on application 1 119. Matters to be taken into account 1 120. Refusal to grant accreditation: process 1 121. Conditions of accreditation 1 122. Duration of accreditation 1 123. Accreditation document 1 124. Accreditation document to be available 1 Subdivision 3 — Amendment of accreditation document 125. Changes to information 1 126. Accredited assessor to return accreditation document 1 127. Replacement accreditation document 1 128. Voluntary surrender of accreditation 1 Subdivision 4 — Renewal of accreditation 129. Regulator may renew accreditation 1 130. Application for renewal 1 131. Accreditation continues in force until application is decided 1 132. Provisions relating to application 1 Subdivision 5 — Suspension and cancellation 133. Regulator may suspend or cancel accreditation 1 134. Suspension or cancellation of accreditation 1 135. Matters to be taken into account 1 136. Notice to and submissions by accredited assessor 1 137. Notice of decision 1 138. Immediate suspension 1 139. Accredited assessor to return accreditation document 1 140. Regulator to return accreditation document after suspension 1 Subdivision 6 — Agreements with RTOs 141. Regulator may enter into agreement with RTO 1 141A. RTO to retain records 1 Part 4.6 — Demolition work Division 1 — Not used 142. Not used 1 Division 2 — Conduct of demolition work 142A. Application of Division 1 142B. Requirement to hold Class 1 demolition licence 1 142C. Requirement to hold demolition licence to carry out Class 2 demolition work 1 142D. Demolition work must be conducted by competent persons 1 142E. Demolition work must be supervised by nominated supervisor 1 142F. Regulator to be notified of proposed Class 1 or 2 demolition work in accordance with standard 1 142G. Application for approval of regulator for proposed Class 1 or 2 demolition work not in accordance with standard 1 142H. Regulator's functions as to application under r. 142G 1 142I. Class 1 or 2 demolition work not to be done without notification or approval or until conditions set 1 142J. Demolition work other than Class 1 or 2 demolition work to be in accordance with standard 1 142K. Class 1 or 2 demolition work to be in accordance with standard or approval 1 142L. Documents to be kept at demolition workplace 1 142M. Requirements for scaffold used in demolition work 1 Part 4.6A — Licensing of demolition work Division 1 — Licensing process 142N. Application for demolition licence 1 142O. Nomination of supervisor 1 142P. Regulator may request examination 1 142Q. Additional information 1 142R. Decision on application 1 142S. Matters to be taken into account 1 142T. Refusal to grant licence: process 1 142U. Conditions of licence 1 142V. Duration of licence 1 142W. Licence document 1 142X. Licence document to be available 1 Division 2 — Amendment of licence and licence document 143. Changes to information 1 143A. Change to nominated supervisor 1 143B. Amendment imposed by regulator 1 143C. Amendment on application by licence holder 1 143D. Minor amendments to licence 1 143E. Regulator to give amended licence to the holder 1 143F. Licence holder to return licence 1 143G. Replacement licence document 1 143H. Voluntary surrender of licence 1 Division 3 — Renewal of licence 143I. Regulator may renew licence 1 143J. Application for renewal 1 143K. Provisions relating to renewal of licence 1 143L. Renewal of demolition licence: regulator to be satisfied about certain matters 1 143M. Status of licence during review 1 Division 4 — Suspension and cancellation of licence 143N. Suspension or cancellation of licence 1 143O. Matters taken into account 1 143P. Notice to and submissions by licence holder 1 143Q. Notice of decision 1 143R. Immediate suspension 1 143S. Licence holder to return licence document 1 143T. Regulator to return licence document after suspension 1 Part 4.7 — General electrical safety in workplaces and energised electrical work Division 1 — Preliminary 144. Meaning of electrical equipment 1 145. Meaning of electrical installation 1 146. Meaning of electrical work 1 146A. References to electricity distributor in AS/NZS 3012:2010 1 Division 2 — General risk management 147. Risk management 1 Division 3 — Electrical equipment and electrical installations 148. Electrical equipment and electrical installations to which Division applies 1 149. Unsafe electrical equipment 1 150. Inspection and testing of electrical equipment 1 151. Untested electrical equipment not to be used 1 Division 4 — Electrical work on energised electrical equipment 152. Electrical work 1 153. Work in roof spaces 1 154. Not used 1 155. Not used 1 156. Not used 1 157. Not used 1 158. Not used 1 159. Not used 1 160. Not used 1 161. Not used 1 162. Not used 1 Division 5 — Electrical equipment and installations and construction work: additional duties 163. Duty of person conducting business or undertaking 1 Division 6 — Residual current devices 164. Use of socket outlets in hostile operating environment 1 165. Testing of residual current devices 1 Division 7 — Overhead and underground electric lines 166. Duty of person conducting a business or undertaking: underground electric lines 1 166A. Duty of person conducting a business or undertaking: overhead electric lines 1 Part 4.8 — Diving work Division 1 — Preliminary 167. Purpose of Part 1 Division 2 — General diving work: fitness and competence of worker 168. Person conducting business or undertaking must ensure fitness of workers 1 169. Certificate of medical fitness 1 170. Duty to keep certificate of medical fitness 1 171. Competence of worker: general diving work: qualifications 1 171A. Competence of worker: general diving work: knowledge and skill 1 172. Competence of worker: incidental diving work 1 173. Competence of worker: limited scientific diving work 1 174. Competence of competent person supervising general diving work 1 175. Evidence of competence: duty of person conducting business or undertaking 1 Division 3 — Managing risks: general diving work 176. Management of risks to health and safety 1 177. Appointment of competent person to supervise diving work 1 178. Additional control: dive plan 1 179. Dive plan must be complied with 1 180. Additional control: dive safety log to be kept 1 181. Use of dive safety log 1 182. Record keeping 1 Division 4 — High risk diving work 183. Duties of person conducting business or undertaking 1 184. Duty of worker: competence 1 Part 4.10 — Driving commercial vehicles 184B. Application of Part 1 184C. Terms used 1 184D. Commercial vehicle driver: duties 1 184E. Commercial vehicle driver: hours of work 1 184F. Requirement for driver fatigue management plan 1 184G. Record of commercial vehicle drivers' time 1 Chapter 5 — Plant and structures Part 5.1 — General duties for plant and structures Division 1 — Preliminary 185. Application of Part to plant 1 186. Application of Part to structures 1 Division 2 — Duties of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that design plant 187. Provision of information to manufacturer 1 188. Hazard identified in design during manufacture 1 189. Guarding 1 190. Operational controls 1 191. Emergency stop controls 1 192. Warning devices 1 Division 3 — Duties of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that manufacture plant 193. Control of risk 1 194. Guarding 1 195. Information must be obtained and provided 1 Division 4 — Duties of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that import plant 196. Information to be obtained and provided by importer 1 197. Control of risk 1 Division 5 — Duties of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that supply plant 198. Information to be obtained and provided by supplier 1 199. Supply of second‑hand plant: duties of supplier 1 200. Second‑hand plant to be used for scrap or spare parts 1 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 1 202. Duties of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that install, construct or commission structures 1 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 1 Subdivision 2 — Additional control measures for general plant 204. Control of risks arising from installation or commissioning 1 205. Preventing unauthorised alterations to or interference with plant 1 206. Proper use of plant and controls 1 207. Plant not in use 1 208. Guarding 1 209. Guarding and insulation from heat and cold 1 210. Operational controls 1 211. Emergency stops 1 212. Warning devices 1 213. Maintenance and inspection of plant 1 Subdivision 3 — Additional control measures for certain plant 214. Powered mobile plant: general control of risk 1 215. Powered mobile plant: specific control measures 1 216. Roll‑over protection on tractors 1 217. Not used 1 218. Industrial lift trucks 1 219. Plant that lifts or suspends loads 1 220. Exception: plant not specifically designed to lift or suspend a person 1 221. Plant used in connection with tree lopping 1 222. Industrial robots 1 223. Lasers 1 224. Pressure equipment 1 225. Scaffolds 1 226. Plant with presence‑sensing safeguarding system: records 1 Part 5.2 — Additional duties relating to registered plant and plant designs Division 1 — Application of Part 227. Application of Part 1 Division 2 — Duty of person conducting a business or undertaking who designs plant to record plant design 228. Records and information 1 229. Record of standards or engineering principles used 1 230. Records to be available for inspection 1 Division 3 — Duties of a person conducting a business or undertaking 231. Duty of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that manufacture plant 1 232. Duty of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that import plant 1 233. Duty of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that supply plant 1 234. Duty of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that commission plant 1 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 1 236. Lifts 1 237. Records of plant 1 Subdivision 2 — Control measures for amusement devices and passenger ropeways 238. Operation of amusement devices and passenger ropeways 1 239. Storage of amusement devices and passenger ropeways 1 240. Maintenance, inspection and testing of amusement devices and passenger ropeways 1 241. Annual inspection of amusement devices and passenger ropeways 1 242. Log book and manuals for amusement devices 1 Part 5.3 — Registration of plant designs and items of plant Division 1 — Plant designs to be registered 243. Plant design to be registered 1 244. Altered plant designs to be registered 1 245. Recognition of designs registered by corresponding regulator 1 Division 2 — Items of plant to be registered 246. Items of plant to be registered 1 247. Recognition of plant registered by corresponding regulator 1 Division 3 — Registration process for plant designs 248. Application of Division 1 249. Who can apply to register a plant design 1 250. Application for registration 1 251. Design verification statement 1 252. Who can be the design verifier 1 253. Duty of design verifier 1 254. Design verification statements not to be made in certain circumstances 1 255. Additional information 1 256. Decision on application 1 257. Refusal of registration: process 1 258. Conditions of registration 1 259. Duration of registration of plant design 1 260. Plant design registration number 1 261. Registration document 1 262. Registration document to be available 1 263. Disclosure of design information 1 Division 4 — Registration process for an item of plant 264. Application of Division 1 265. Who can apply to register an item of plant 1 266. Application for registration 1 267. When is a person competent to inspect plant 1 268. Additional information 1 269. Decision on application 1 270. Refusal of registration: process 1 271. Conditions of registration 1 272. Day when registration takes effect 1 273. Plant registration number 1 274. Registration document 1 275. Registration document to be available 1 276. Not used 1 277. Not used 1 278. Not used 1 279. Not used 1 280. Not used 1 Division 5 — Changes to registration and registration documents 281. Application of Division 1 282. Changes to information 1 283. Amendment of registration imposed by regulator 1 284. Amendment on application by registration holder 1 285. Minor corrections to registration 1 286. Regulator to give amended registration document 1 287. Registration holder to return registration document 1 288. Replacement registration document 1 Division 6 — Cancellation of registration 288A. Application of Division 1 288B. Regulator may cancel registration 1 288C. Cancellation process 1 288D. Registration holder to return registration document 1 Chapter 6 — Construction work Part 6.1 — Preliminary 289. Meaning of construction work 1 290. Meaning of structure 1 291. Meaning of high risk construction work 1 292. Meaning of construction project 1 293. Meaning of principal contractor 1 Part 6.2 — Duties of designer of structure and person who commissions construction work 294. Person who commissions work must consult with designer 1 295. Designer must give safety report to person who commissions design 1 296. Person who commissions project must give information to principal contractor 1 Part 6.3 — Duties of person conducting business or undertaking Division 1 — General 297. Management of risks to health and safety 1 298. Security of workplace 1 Division 2 — High risk construction work: safe work method statements 299. Safe work method statement required for high risk construction work 1 300. Compliance with safe work method statement 1 301. Safe work method statement: copy to be given to principal contractor 1 302. Review of safe work method statement 1 303. Safe work method statement must be kept 1 Division 3 — Excavation work 304. Excavation work: underground essential services information 1 305. Management of risks to health and safety associated with excavation work 1 306. Additional controls: trenches 1 Division 4 — Tilt‑up concrete and precast concrete elements 306A. Terms used 1 306B. Regulator to be notified of proposed manufacture of concrete panel 1 306C. Concrete panels to be designed and made in accordance with standard 1 306D. Concrete panel at construction site to be transported, craned, stored and erected in accordance with standard 1 306E. Concrete panel at construction site to be temporarily braced in accordance with standard 1 306F. Concrete panel to be fixed and temporary bracing to be removed in accordance with standard 1 306G. Tilt‑up work at construction site not to be done unless regulator notified under r. 306B 1 306H. Documents required at construction site where tilt‑up work done 1 306I. Duty of principal contractor etc. to limit entry to construction site area where tilt‑up work being done 1 306J. Certain persons to ensure only trained persons manufacture concrete panels 1 306K. Certain persons to ensure only trained persons do tilt‑up work other than manufacturing concrete panels 1 Part 6.4 — Additional duties of principal contractor 307. Application of Part 1 308. Not used 1 309. WHS management plan: preparation 1 310. WHS management plan: duty to inform 1 311. WHS management plan: review 1 312. High risk construction work: safe work method statements 1 313. Copy of WHS management plan must be kept 1 314. Further health and safety duties: specific regulations 1 315. Further health and safety duties: specific risks 1 Part 6.4A — Duties of local government 315A. Local government to notify regulator of construction work permits 1 Part 6.5 — General construction induction training Division 1 — General construction induction training requirements 316. Duty to provide general construction induction training 1 317. Duty to ensure worker has been trained 1 318. Recognition of general construction induction training cards issued in other jurisdictions 1 Division 2 — General construction induction training cards 318A. Meaning of authorised RTO 1 319. Not used 1 320. Content of card 1 321. Not used 1 322. Not used 1 323. Cancellation of card: grounds 1 324. Cancellation of card: process 1 325. RTO may enter agreement to issue cards 1 Division 3 — Duties of workers 326. Duties of workers 1 327. Alteration of general construction induction training card 1 Chapter 7 — Hazardous chemicals Part 7.1 — Hazardous chemicals Division 1 — Application 328. Application 1 Division 2 — Obligations relating to safety data sheets and other matters Subdivision 1 — Obligations of manufacturers and importers 329. Classification of hazardous chemicals 1 330. Manufacturer or importer to prepare and provide safety data sheets 1 331. Safety data sheets: research chemical, waste product or sample for analysis 1 332. Emergency disclosure of chemical identities to registered medical practitioner 1 333. Emergency disclosure of chemical identities to emergency service worker 1 334. Packing hazardous chemicals 1 335. Labelling hazardous chemicals 1 Subdivision 2 — Obligations of suppliers 336. Restriction on age of person who can supply hazardous chemicals 1 337. Retailer or supplier packing hazardous chemicals 1 338. Supplier labelling hazardous chemicals 1 339. Supplier to provide safety data sheets 1 340. Supply of prohibited and restricted carcinogens 1 Subdivision 3 — Obligations of persons conducting businesses or undertakings 341. Labelling hazardous chemicals: general requirement 1 342. Labelling hazardous chemicals: containers 1 343. Labelling hazardous chemicals: pipe work 1 344. Person conducting business or undertaking to obtain and give access to safety data sheets 1 345. Changes to safety data sheets 1 Division 3 — Register of hazardous chemicals Subdivision 1 — Hazardous chemicals register 346. Hazardous chemicals register 1 Subdivision 2 — Not used 347. Not used 1 348. Not used 1 Division 4 — Not used 349. Not used 1 350. Not used 1 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 1 352. Review of control measures 1 353. Safety signs 1 354. Identification of risk of physical or chemical reaction 1 355. Specific control: fire and explosion 1 356. Keeping hazardous chemicals stable 1 Subdivision 2 — Spills and damage 357. Containing and managing spills 1 358. Protecting hazardous chemicals from damage 1 Subdivision 3 — Emergency plans and safety equipment 359. Fire protection and firefighting equipment 1 360. Emergency equipment 1 361. Not used 1 362. Safety equipment 1 Subdivision 4 — Not used 363. Not used 1 364. Not used 1 365. Not used 1 366. Not used 1 367. Not used 1 Division 6 — Health monitoring 368. Duty to provide health monitoring 1 369. Duty to inform of health monitoring 1 370. Duty to ensure that appropriate health monitoring is provided 1 371. Duty to ensure health monitoring is supervised by registered medical practitioner with experience 1 372. Duty to pay costs of health monitoring 1 373. Information that must be provided to registered medical practitioner 1 374. Duty to obtain health monitoring report 1 375. Duty to give health monitoring report to worker 1 376. Duty to give health monitoring report to regulator 1 377. Duty to give health monitoring report to relevant persons conducting businesses or undertakings 1 378. Health monitoring records 1 Division 7 — Induction, information, training and supervision 379. Duty to provide supervision 1 Division 8 — Prohibition, authorisation and restricted use 380. Using, handling and storing prohibited carcinogens 1 381. Using, handling and storing restricted carcinogens 1 382. Using, handling and storing restricted hazardous chemicals 1 383. Application for authorisation to use, handle or store prohibited and restricted carcinogens 1 384. Authorisation to use, handle or store prohibited carcinogens and restricted carcinogens 1 385. Changes to information in application to be reported 1 386. Regulator may cancel authorisation 1 387. Statement of exposure to be given to workers 1 388. Records to be kept 1 Division 9 — Not used 389. Not used 1 390. Not used 1 391. Not used 1 Part 7.2 — Lead Division 1 — Lead process 392. Meaning of lead process 1 393. Regulator may decide lead process 1 394. Meaning of lead risk work 1 395. Duty to give information about health risks of lead process 1 Division 2 — Control of risk 396. Containment of lead contamination 1 397. Cleaning methods 1 398. Prohibition on eating, drinking and smoking 1 399. Provision of changing and washing facilities 1 400. Laundering, disposal and removal of personal protective equipment 1 401. Review of control measures 1 Division 3 — Lead risk work 402. Identifying lead risk work 1 403. Notification of lead risk work 1 404. Changes to information in notification of lead risk work 1 Division 4 — Health monitoring 405. Duty to provide health monitoring before first commencing lead risk work 1 406. Duty to ensure that appropriate health monitoring is provided 1 407. Frequency of biological monitoring 1 408. Duty to ensure health monitoring is supervised by registered medical practitioner with relevant experience 1 409. Duty to pay costs of health monitoring 1 410. Information that must be provided to registered medical practitioner 1 411. Duty to obtain health monitoring report 1 412. Duty to give health monitoring report to worker 1 413. Duty to give health monitoring report to regulator 1 414. Duty to give health monitoring report to relevant persons conducting businesses or undertakings 1 415. Removal of worker from lead risk work 1 416. Duty to ensure medical examination if worker removed from lead risk work 1 417. Return to lead risk work after removal 1 418. Health monitoring records 1 Chapter 8 — Asbestos Part 8.1 — Prohibitions and authorised conduct 419. Work involving asbestos or ACM: prohibitions and exceptions 1 Part 8.2 — General duty 420. Exposure to airborne asbestos at workplace 1 Part 8.3 — Management of asbestos and associated risks 421. Application of Part 1 421A. Regulator may direct tests for, or removal of, asbestos at workplace 1 422. Asbestos to be identified or assumed at workplace 1 423. Analysis of sample 1 424. Presence and location of asbestos to be indicated 1 425. Asbestos register 1 426. Review of asbestos register 1 427. Access to asbestos register 1 428. Transfer of asbestos register by person relinquishing management or control 1 429. Asbestos management plan 1 430. Review of asbestos management plan 1 Part 8.4 — Management of naturally occurring asbestos 431. Naturally occurring asbestos 1 432. Asbestos management plan 1 433. Review of asbestos management plan 1 434. Training in relation to naturally occurring asbestos 1 Part 8.5 — Asbestos at the workplace Division 1 — Health monitoring 435. Duty to provide health monitoring 1 436. Duty to ensure that appropriate health monitoring is provided 1 437. Duty to ensure health monitoring is supervised by registered medical practitioner with relevant experience 1 438. Duty to pay costs of health monitoring 1 439. Information that must be provided to registered medical practitioner 1 440. Duty to obtain health monitoring report 1 441. Duty to give health monitoring report to worker 1 442. Duty to give health monitoring report to regulator 1 443. Duty to give health monitoring report to relevant persons conducting businesses or undertakings 1 444. Health monitoring records 1 Division 2 — Training 445. Duty to train workers about asbestos 1 Division 3 — Control on use of certain equipment 446. Duty to limit use of equipment 1 Part 8.6 — Demolition and refurbishment 447. Application of Part 1 448. Review of asbestos register 1 449. Duty to give asbestos register to person conducting business or undertaking of demolition or refurbishment 1 450. Duty to obtain asbestos register 1 451. Determining presence of asbestos or ACM 1 452. Identification and removal of asbestos before demolition 1 453. Identification and removal of asbestos before demolition of residential premises 1 454. Emergency procedure 1 455. Emergency procedure: residential premises 1 456. Identification and removal of asbestos before refurbishment 1 457. Refurbishment of residential premises 1 Part 8.7 — Asbestos removal work 458. Duty to ensure asbestos removalist is licensed 1 459. Asbestos removal supervisor must be present or readily available 1 460. Asbestos removal worker must be trained 1 461. Licensed asbestos removalist must keep training records 1 462. Duty to give information about health risks of licensed asbestos removal work 1 463. Asbestos removalist must obtain register 1 464. Asbestos removal control plan 1 465. Asbestos removal control plan to be kept and available 1 466. Regulator must be notified of asbestos removal 1 467. Licensed asbestos removalist must inform certain persons about intended asbestos removal work 1 468. Person with management or control of workplace must inform persons about asbestos removal work 1 469. Signage and barricades for asbestos removal work 1 470. Limiting access to asbestos removal area 1 471. Decontamination facilities 1 472. Disposing of asbestos waste and contaminated personal protective equipment 1 473. Clearance inspection 1 474. Clearance certificates 1 Part 8.8 — Asbestos removal requiring Class A asbestos removal licence 475. Air monitoring: asbestos removal requiring Class A asbestos removal licence 1 476. Action if respirable asbestos fibre level too high 1 477. Removing friable asbestos 1 Part 8.9 — Asbestos‑related work 478. Application of Part 1 479. Uncertainty as to presence of asbestos 1 480. Duty to give information about health risks of asbestos‑related work 1 481. Asbestos‑related work to be in separate area 1 482. Air monitoring 1 483. Decontamination facilities 1 484. Disposing of asbestos waste and contaminated personal protective equipment 1 Part 8.10 — Licensing of asbestos removalists and asbestos assessors Division 1 — Asbestos removalists: requirement to be licensed 485. Requirement to hold Class A asbestos removal licence 1 486. Exception to requirement to hold Class A asbestos removal licence 1 487. Requirement to hold Class B asbestos removal licence 1 488. Recognition of asbestos removal licences in other jurisdictions 1 Division 2 — Asbestos assessors: requirement to be licensed 489. Requirement to hold asbestos assessor licence 1 490. Recognition of asbestos assessor licences in other jurisdictions 1 Division 3 — Licensing process 491. Who may apply for a licence 1 492. Application for asbestos removal licence or asbestos assessor licence 1 493. Content of application: Class A asbestos removal licence 1 494. Content of application: Class B asbestos removal licence 1 495. Content of application: asbestos assessor licence 1 496. Additional information 1 497. Decision on application 1 498. Class A asbestos removal licence: regulator to be satisfied about additional matters 1 499. Class B asbestos removal licence: regulator to be satisfied about additional matters 1 500. Matters to be taken into account 1 501. Refusal to grant licence: process 1 502. Conditions of licence 1 503. Duration of licence 1 504. Licence document 1 505. Licence document to be available 1 Division 4 — Amendment of licence and licence document 506. Changes to information 1 507. Change to nominated supervisor 1 508. Amendment imposed by regulator 1 509. Amendment on application by licence holder 1 510. Minor corrections to licence 1 511. Regulator to give amended licence to the holder 1 512. Licence holder to return licence 1 513. Replacement licence document 1 514. Voluntary surrender of licence 1 Division 5 — Renewal of licence 515. Regulator may renew licence 1 516. Application for renewal 1 517. Provisions relating to renewal of licence 1 518. Renewal of asbestos removal licence: regulator to be satisfied about certain matters 1 519. Status of licence during review 1 Division 6 — Suspension and cancellation of licence 520. Suspension or cancellation of licence 1 521. Matters taken into account 1 522. Notice to and submissions by licence holder 1 523. Notice of decision 1 524. Immediate suspension 1 525. Licence holder to return licence document 1 526. Regulator to return licence document after suspension 1 Division 7 — General 527. Asbestos removal licence register 1 528. Asbestos assessors register 1 529. Work must be supervised by nominated supervisor 1 Chapter 8A — Crystalline silica Part 8A.1 — Preliminary 529A. Meaning of processing in relation to crystalline silica substances and related terms 1 529B. When processing of CSS is controlled 1 529C. Duty for processing of CSS to be controlled 1 529CA. Identifying processing of CSS that is high risk 1 529CB. Silica risk control plan required for processing of CSS that is high risk 1 529CC. Compliance with silica risk control plan 1 529CD. Duty to train workers about risks of crystalline silica 1 529CE. Monitoring in relation to processing of CSS that is high risk 1 Part 8A.2 — Work involving engineered stone benchtops, panels or slabs 529D. Work involving engineered stone benchtops, panels or slabs — prohibition 1 529E. Work involving engineered stone benchtops, panels or slabs — exception for particular supply and installation 1 529F. Work involving engineered stone benchtops, panels or slabs — exception for particular processing 1 Part 8A.3 — Regulator to be notified of particular processing of engineered stone 529G. Notification of particular processing of engineered stone 1 529H. Notification of change in information given under Part 8A.3 1 529I. Notification that work continues 12 months after last notice given under Part 8A.3 1 529J. 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Matters to be considered in granting exemptions 1 Division 2 — High risk work licences 686. High risk work licence: exemption 1 687. High risk work licence: regulator to be satisfied about certain matters 1 Division 3 — Not used 688. Not used 1 689. Not used 1 Division 3A — Engineered stone 689A. Engineered stone — exemption 1 689B. Engineered stone — application for exemption 1 689C. Engineered stone — notifying persons of application for exemption 1 689D. Engineered stone — regulator to be satisfied about certain matters 1 689E. Safe Work Australia may issue and publish documents in relation to exemptions 1 Division 4 — Exemption process 690. Application for exemption 1 691. Conditions of exemption 1 692. Form of exemption document 1 693. Compliance with conditions of exemption 1 694. Notice of decision in relation to exemption 1 695. Publication of exemption 1 696. Notice of refusal of exemption 1 697. Amendment or cancellation of exemption 1 698. Notice of amendment or cancellation 1 Part 11.3 — Miscellaneous 699. Incident notification: prescribed serious illnesses 1 700. Inspectors' identity cards 1 701. Entry warrant 1 702. Refund, waiver or reduction of relevant fees 1 703. Review of decisions under the Act: stay of decision 1 704. Confidentiality of information: exception relating to administration or enforcement of other laws 1 Part 11.4 — Transitional and savings provisions for Work Health and Safety (General) Regulations 2022 705. Terms used 1 706. Applications pending determination 1 707. References to convictions or findings of guilt 1 708. Safe work method statements 1 709. Risk assessments 1 710. Evacuation procedures 1 711. Registers relating to asbestos 1 712. Approved use of carcinogens 1 713. Exemptions 1 714. Falls from height 1 715. Accredited safety and health representative training courses 1 716. Class 1 or 2 demolition work approvals 1 717. References to GHS 1 718. Residual current devices 1 719. Roll‑over protection on tractors 1 720. Demolition licences 1 721. High risk work licences 1 722. Requirements to minimise risk of fall in high risk construction work 1 723. Materials hoists 1 724. Concrete placing booms 1 725. Reach stackers 1 726. Accreditation of assessors 1 727. Plant designs and items of plant registered under OSHR 1 728. Plant designs and items of plant not registered under OSHR 1 729. Unrestricted asbestos removal licences 1 730. Restricted asbestos removal licences 1 731. Construction induction training 1 732. General diving work: qualifications 1 Part 11.4A — Transitional and savings provisions for Work Health and Safety Regulations Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2023 733. Delayed application of Schedule 3 items 14A and 15A 1 Part 11.5 — Transitional and savings provisions for Work Health and Safety (General) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2024 734. Particular work involving engineered stone — exception if carried out before 1 July 2024 1 735. Particular work involving engineered stone — exception if carried out under pre‑2024 contract 1 736. Application of Part 8A.3 to processing of engineered stone carried out before 1 July 2024 1 Schedule 1 — Not used Schedule 2 — Fees 1. Purpose of Schedule 1 Schedule 3 — High risk work licences and classes of high risk work 1. Boom‑type elevating work platform 1 Schedule 4 — High risk work licences: competency requirements 1. Purpose of Schedule 1 Schedule 5 — Registration of plant and plant designs Division 1 — Plant requiring registration of design 1. Items of plant requiring registration of design 1 2. Exceptions 1 Division 2 — Items of plant requiring registration 3. Items of plant requiring registration 1 4. Exceptions 1 Schedule 6 — Classification of mixtures 1. Purpose of Schedule 1 Schedule 7 — Safety data sheets 1. Safety data sheets: content 1 2. Safety data sheets: research chemical, waste product or sample for analysis 1 Schedule 8 — Disclosure of ingredients in safety data sheet 1. Purpose of Schedule 1 2. Identity of ingredients to be disclosed 1 3. Generic names used to disclose identity of ingredients 1 4. Disclosing proportions of ingredients 1 Schedule 9 — Classification, packaging and labelling requirements Division 1 — Correct classification 1. Correct classification of a substance, mixture or article 1 Division 2 — Correct packing 2. Correctly packing hazardous chemicals 1 Division 3 — Correct labelling 3. Labelling hazardous chemicals: general 1 4. Labelling hazardous chemicals: small container 1 5. Labelling hazardous chemicals: research chemicals or samples for analysis 1 6. Labelling hazardous chemicals: decanted or transferred chemicals 1 7. Labelling hazardous chemicals: known hazards 1 8. Labelling hazardous chemicals: waste products 1 9. Labelling hazardous chemicals: explosives 1 10. Labelling hazardous chemicals: agricultural and veterinary chemicals 1 Schedule 10 — Prohibited carcinogens, restricted carcinogens and restricted hazardous chemicals Schedule 11 — Not used Schedule 12 — Not used Schedule 13 — Not used Schedule 14 — Requirements for health monitoring Schedule 15 — Not used Schedule 16 — Not used Schedule 17 — Not used Schedule 18 — Not used Schedule 18A — Forms Notes Compilation table 1 Defined terms Work Health and Safety Act 2020 Work Health and Safety (General) Regulations 2022