Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 785

785 Existing facility with schedule 15 chemicals exceeding 10% of threshold quantity—additional 3 months to give notice (section 536)

(1) This section applies to a facility if—

(a) on the commencement of this section there is present or likely to be present at the facility, as mentioned in section 536(1), schedule 15 chemicals in a quantity that exceeds 10% of their threshold quantity; but

(b) immediately before the commencement of this section, the occupier of the facility was not required under the repealed Dangerous Goods Safety Management Act 2001, section 35, 36 or 37 to notify the chief executive about the facility under any of those sections.

(2) Section 536(2) of this regulation does not apply and subsection (3) of this section applies instead.

(3) Notification for the purpose of section 536(1) must be given before the end of 6 months after the commencement of this section.

(4) A contravention of subsection (3) is a contravention of section 536(1).