New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2017 - REG 53

53 Flammable and combustible material not to be accumulated

(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must ensure that, if flammable or combustible substances are kept at the workplace, the substances are kept at the lowest practicable quantity for the workplace.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) in the case of an individual--70 penalty units, or

(b) in the case of a body corporate--345 penalty units.

(2) In this clause,
"flammable or combustible substances" include--

(a) flammable and combustible liquids, including waste liquids, in containers, whether empty or full, and

(b) gas cylinders, whether empty or full.