New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2017 - REG 383

383 Application for authorisation to use, handle or store prohibited and restricted carcinogens

(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace may apply in writing to the regulator for authorisation to use, handle or store a prohibited carcinogen or restricted carcinogen referred to in Schedule 10 at the workplace.

(2) The application must include the following information--

(a) the applicant's name and business address,

(b) if the applicant conducts the business or undertaking under a business name--that business name,

(c) the name and address of the supplier of the carcinogen,

(d) the address where the carcinogen will be used, handled or stored,

(e) the name of the carcinogen,

(f) the quantity of the carcinogen to be used, handled or stored at the workplace each year,

(g) the purpose and activity for which the carcinogen will be used, handled or stored,

(h) the number of workers that may be exposed to the carcinogen,

(i) information about how the person will manage risks to health and safety, including a summary of the steps taken, or to be taken, by the person in relation to the following--

(i) hazard identification,

(ii) control measures,

(iii) if elimination or substitution of the carcinogen is not reasonably practicable--why the elimination or substitution is not reasonably practicable,

(j) any other information requested by the regulator.