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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 149

Manufacturers and importing suppliers must label containers

    (1)     A manufacturer or an importing supplier of a hazardous substance must correctly label any container that contains a hazardous substance in accordance with subregulations (3), (4) and (5) before the substance is supplied to a workplace.

Penalty:     100 penalty units for a natural person;

500 penalty units for a body corporate.

    (2)     Subregulation (1) does not apply if a container that contains a hazardous substance is supplied to a workplace for the purposes of affixing the label in order to comply with this regulation.

    (3)     Subject to subregulation (4), the label must contain the following—

        (a)     the product identifier of the hazardous substance;

        (b)     the name, address and telephone number of—

              (i)     the manufacturer of the substance in Australia; or

              (ii)     the importing supplier of the substance in Australia;

        (c)     for each ingredient of the hazardous substance—the identity and proportion which must be disclosed in accordance with Schedule 8;

        (d)     any hazard pictogram consistent with the correct classification of the substance;

        (e)     any hazard statement, signal word and precautionary statement consistent with the correct classification of the substance.

    (4)     If a hazardous substance is packed in a container that is too small for a label attached to it to include all the information referred to in subregulation (3), the label must contain the following—

        (a)     the product identifier of the hazardous substance;

        (b)     the name, address and telephone number of—

              (i)     the manufacturer of the substance in Australia; or

              (ii)     the importing supplier of the substance in Australia;

        (c)     a hazard pictogram or hazard statement consistent with the correct classification of the substance;

        (d)     any other information referred to in subregulation (3) that it is reasonably practicable to include.

(5)     The label must be in English, legible and firmly secured to the container.

    (6)     A manufacturer or importing supplier may label a container with the information required by this regulation in languages in addition to English.



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