Victorian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 190

    (1)     An employer must ensure that a person does not do the following in any area where a lead process is undertaken—

        (a)     eat, drink, chew gum or smoke;

        (b)     carry food, drink, gum or materials used for smoking.

Penalty:     100 penalty units for a natural person;

500 penalty units for a body corporate.

    (2)     An employer must, so far as is reasonably practicable, provide employees with an eating and drinking area that cannot be contaminated with lead from any lead process.

Penalty:     100 penalty units for a natural person;

500 penalty units for a body corporate.