Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (MARITIME INDUSTRY) (NATIONAL STANDARDS) REGULATIONS 2003

- made under the Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) Act 1993

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--INTRODUCTION

   1.01.   Name of Regulations  
   1.03.   Interpretation  

   PART 2--HAZARDOUS--SUBSTANCES

           Division 1--Introduction

   2.01.   Objects of Part  
   2.02.   Application of Part  
   2.03.   Definitions for Part  

           Division 2--Duties of a manufacturer, and a supplier, of a hazardous substance for the maritime industry

   2.04.   Material Safety Data Sheets: Manufacturer's duties  
   2.05.   Material Safety Data Sheets: Supplier's duties  
   2.06.   Labelling of hazardous substances  
   2.07.   Provision of information by a supplier  

           Division 3--Duties of an operator in relation to the use of hazardous substances

   2.08.   Prohibition on uses of hazardous substances  
   2.09.   Exemption from regulation 2.08  
   2.10.   Review of decisions  
   2.11.   Use of Material Safety Data Sheets  
   2.12.   Use of labels  
   2.13.   Register of hazardous substances  
   2.14.   Provision of information about enclosed hazardous substances  
   2.15.   Risk assessment for hazardous substances  
   2.16.   Risk control  
   2.17.   Atmospheric monitoring  
   2.18.   Health surveillance  
   2.19.   Instruction and training  
   2.20.   Exposure to scheduled carcinogenic substances  
   2.21.   Record keeping  
   2.22.   Records to be accessible  

           Division 4--Employees' and contractors' duties in relation to hazardous substances

   2.23.   Duties of employees and contractors  

           Division 5--Hazardous substances supplied to operators before this Part commences

   2.24.   Transitional--Material Safety Data Sheets and labelling  
   2.25.   Transitional--risk assessment  

   PART 3--MANUAL--HANDLING

           Division 1--Introduction

   3.01.   Object of Part 3  
   3.02.   Definition of manual handling  

           Division 2--Duties of an employer

   3.03.   Duties of an employer--general  
   3.04.   Duties of an employer--risk assessment  
   3.05.   Duties of an employer--risk control  

           Division 3--Duties of an employee

   3.06.   Duties of an employee--use of training  

   PART 4--CONFINED--SPACES

           Division 1--Preliminary

   4.01.   Interpretation  
   4.02.   Explosive limit  
   4.03.   Exposure standard  

           Division 2--Duties of operators

              Subdivision 1--Securing confined spaces

   4.04.   Entry and exit points  
   4.05.   Work practices and confined spaces  
   4.06.   Modifications to confined space  

              Subdivision 2--Hazard identification and risk assessment

   4.07.   Hazard identification  
   4.08.   Risk assessment  
   4.09.   When risk assessment ceases to be valid  
   4.10.   Atmospheric testing  
   4.11.   Atmospheric monitoring  
   4.12.   Safe atmosphere  

              Subdivision 3--Risk control measures

   4.13.   Elimination or control of risk  
   4.14.   Using purging agent  
   4.15.   Gas used for ventilation purposes  
   4.16.   Isolating hazardous services  
   4.17.   Flammable airborne contaminants  
   4.18.   Supplied - air respiratory equipment  
   4.19.   Stand - by person  
   4.20.   Equipment to be provided  
   4.21.   Equipment--maintenance  
   4.22.   Emergency and first aid procedures  

           Division 3--Permit to work

   4.23.   Permit to work  
   4.24.   Operator's duty--permit to work required for entry to or work in confined space  
   4.25.   Employee's duty--entry to or work in confined space  
   4.26.   When permit to work ceases to be valid  
   4.27.   Withdrawal of permit to work  

           Division 4--Training

   4.28.   Requirement for training  

           Division 5--Records

   4.29.   Period for which records must be kept  
   4.30.   Records must be available for inspection  
           SCHEDULE 1 Scheduled carcinogenic substances
           SCHEDULE 2 Permitted circumstances for using hazardous substances
           SCHEDULE 3 Exemption from regulation 2.08
           SCHEDULE 4 Hazardous substances for which health surveillance is required