New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2017 - REG 382

382 Using, handling and storing restricted hazardous chemicals

(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must not use, handle or store, or direct or allow a worker at the workplace to use, handle or store, a restricted hazardous chemical referred to in an item in Schedule 10, Table 10.3, Column 2 for a purpose referred to in column 3 for the item.

(2) A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must not use, handle or store, or direct or allow a worker at the workplace to use, handle or store, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) unless the use, handling or storage is--

(a) in relation to existing electrical equipment or construction material, or

(b) for disposal purposes, or

(c) for genuine research and analysis.

Note : See section 43 of the Act.