South Australian Current Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 341

341—Labelling hazardous chemicals—general requirement

        (1)         A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must ensure that a hazardous chemical used, handled or stored at the workplace is correctly labelled in accordance with regulation 335.

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         In the case of an individual—$6 000.

            (b)         In the case of a body corporate—$30 000.

        (2)         Subregulation (1) does not apply to a hazardous chemical if the chemical—

            (a)         was manufactured before 1 January 2017 and is labelled in accordance with the National Code of Practice for the Labelling of Workplace Substances [NOHSC:2012(1994)] as in force at the time it was manufactured; or

            (b)         in the case of an imported hazardous chemical—was imported before 1 January 2017 and is labelled in accordance with the National Code of Practice for the Labelling of Workplace Substances [NOHSC:2012(1994)] as in force at the time it was imported; or

            (c)         was manufactured or imported before 1 January 2023 and was, at the time it was manufactured or imported, labelled in accordance with GHS 3.