New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2017 - REG 536

536 Operators of certain facilities must notify regulator

(1) The operator of a facility at which Schedule 15 chemicals are present or likely to be present in a quantity that exceeds 10% of their threshold quantity must notify the regulator of this circumstance in accordance with this Part.

: 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) Notification must be given--

(a) as soon as practicable (but not more than 3 months) after the operator becomes aware, or ought reasonably to have become aware, of the circumstance giving rise to the requirement to notify, or

(b) within any longer period that the regulator determines if satisfied on application by the operator that there is a reasonable excuse for the delayed notification.

Note : See section 268 of the Act for offences relating to the giving of false or misleading information under the Act or this Regulation.