Victorian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 174

    (1)     A person must not perform work or carry out an activity involving a Schedule 10 carcinogenic substance at a workplace unless—

        (a)     the workplace is a laboratory; and

        (b)     the person—

              (i)     holds a licence to use a Schedule 10 carcinogenic substance at that laboratory issued under Part 6.1 (Licences); or

              (ii)     is an employee of a holder of such a licence.

Note

See section 40(4) of the Act.

    (2)     A person must not perform work or carry out an activity involving a Schedule 11 carcinogenic substance at a workplace that is a laboratory unless the person—

        (a)     holds a licence to use a Schedule 11 carcinogenic substance at that laboratory issued under Part 6.1 (Licences); or

        (b)     is an employee of a holder of such a licence.

Note

See section 40(4) of the Act.

    (3)     A person must not perform work or carry out an activity involving a Schedule 11 carcinogenic substance at a workplace other than a laboratory unless the person—

        (a)     holds a licence to use a Schedule 11 carcinogenic substance at that workplace issued under Part 6.1 (Licences); or

        (b)     is an employee of a holder of such a licence.

Note

See section 40(4) of the Act.

    (4)     Despite anything to the contrary in this regulation, a carcinogens licence is not required by a supplier of a scheduled carcinogenic substance if the substance is in a sealed container that is not intended to be opened at the supplier's premises.