Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 536

536 Operators of particular 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 under this part.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.

(2) Notification must be given—

(a) as soon as practicable (but no 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.