Victorian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2017 - SCHEDULE 8

Schedule 8—Disclosure of ingredients in safety data sheets

Regulations 145 and 149

        1     Purpose of this Schedule

This Schedule sets out the way in which the ingredients of a hazardous substance must be disclosed in a safety data sheet prepared under these Regulations.

        2     Identity of ingredients to be disclosed

    (1)     This clause applies if an ingredient in a hazardous substance causes the correct classification of the substance to include a hazard class and hazard category referred to in Table 1.

    (2)     The identity of the ingredient must be disclosed on the label and safety data sheet of the hazardous substance in accordance with clauses 3 and 4.

Sch. 8 cl. 2 (Table 1) amended by S.R. No. 141/2020 reg. 10(a).

Table 1

Column 1 Item	Column 2 GHS hazard class	Column 3 GHS hazard category
1	Acute toxicity—oral	Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4
2	Acute toxicity—dermal	Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4
3	Acute toxicity—inhalation	Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4
Column 1 Item	Column 2 GHS hazard class	Column 3 GHS hazard category
4	Respiratory sensitiser	Category 1
5	Skin sensitiser	Category 1
6	Mutagenicity	Category 1A Category 1B Category 2
7	Carcinogenicity	Category 1A Category 1B Category 2
8	Toxic to reproduction	Category 1A Category 1B Category 2 Additional category for effects on or via lactation
9	Target organ toxicity—single exposure	Category 1 Category 2 Category 3
10	Target organ toxicity—repeat exposure	Category 1 Category 2
11	Aspiration hazards	Category 1
12	Skin corrosion or irritation	Category 1A Category 1B Category 1C Category 2

13

Serious eye damage or eye irritation

Category 1 Category 2

        3     Generic names used to disclose identity of ingredients

    (1)     This clause applies if an ingredient of a hazardous substance must be disclosed under clause 2.

    (2)     The ingredient—

        (a)     may be disclosed by its generic name if—

              (i)     the ingredient causes the correct classification of the hazardous substance to include a hazard class and hazard category referred to in Table 2; and

              (ii)     the ingredient does not cause the correct classification of the hazardous substance to include any other hazard class and hazard category in Table 1; and

              (iii)     the identity of the ingredient is commercially confidential; and

              (iv)     an exposure standard for the ingredient has not been established; or

        (b)     in any other case—must be disclosed by its chemical identity.

Sch. 8 cl. 3 (Table 2) amended by S.R. No. 141/2020 reg. 10(b).

Table 2

Column 1 Item	Column 2 GHS hazard class
1	Acute toxicity (category 4)
2	Aspiration hazard (category 1)
3	Serious eye damage or eye irritation (category 2)
4	Skin corrosion or irritation (category 2)
5	Specific target organ toxicity (single exposure) (category 3)

        4     Disclosing proportions of ingredients

    (1)     This clause applies if an ingredient of a hazardous substance must be disclosed under clause 2.

    (2)     The proportion of the ingredient to the hazardous substance must be disclosed—

        (a)     if the exact proportion of the ingredient is not commercially confidential—as the exact proportion of the hazardous substance, expressed as a percentage by weight or volume; or

        (b)     if the exact proportion of the ingredient is commercially confidential—as one of the following ranges within which the exact proportion fits, expressed as a percentage by weight or volume—

              (i)     <10%;

              (ii)     10%–30%;

              (iii)     30%–60%;

              (iv)     >60%;

              (v)     a range that is narrower than the range set out in subparagraph (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv).