South Australian Current Regulations South Australian Current Regulations12—Limitations on exposure to certain hazardous substances
(1) This regulation
applies to—
(a) an
operator; and
(b) an
employer; and
(c)
another person in control of—
(i)
a facility; or
(ii)
a part of a facility; or
(iii)
particular work carried out at a facility.
(2) The person must
not allow a member of the workforce, under the person's control, to be exposed
to an airborne concentration of a hazardous substance in the breathing zone of
the member of the workforce at a level that exceeds the appropriate exposure
standard for the relevant period of time.
Maximum penalty: $2 200.
(3) It is a defence to
a prosecution against subregulation (2) that the airborne concentration
of the hazardous substance in the breathing zone of the member of the
workforce is in accordance with an exemption given by the Safety Authority
under regulation 14.
(4) In this
regulation—
"appropriate exposure standard" means an airborne concentration for a
substance as set out in the Adopted National Exposure Standards for
Atmospheric Contaminants in the Occupational Environment [NOHSC: 1003(1995)]
published by the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission, as
existing from time to time;
"hazardous substance" has the same meaning as in regulation 3.5 of the
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Safety) Regulations 2009
of the Commonwealth.