Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 339

339 Supplier to provide safety data sheets

(1) The supplier of a hazardous chemical to a workplace must ensure that the current safety data sheet for the hazardous chemical is provided with the hazardous chemical—

(a) when the hazardous chemical is first supplied to the workplace; and

(b) if the safety data sheet for the hazardous chemical is amended—when the hazardous chemical is first supplied to the workplace after the safety data sheet is amended.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.

(2) A hazardous chemical is taken to be
"first supplied" to a workplace if the supply is the first supply of the hazardous chemical to the workplace for 5 years.

(3) The supplier of a hazardous chemical to a workplace must ensure that the current safety data sheet for the hazardous chemical is provided to a person at the workplace if the person asks for the safety data sheet.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.

(4) This section does not apply to a supplier of a hazardous chemical if—

(a) the hazardous chemical is a consumer product; or

(b) the supplier is a retailer.

Note—

A manufacturer or importer is required to prepare a safety data sheet under section 330 .