Victorian Numbered Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY AMENDMENT (ENGINEERED STONE PROHIBITION) REGULATIONS 2024 (SR NO 63 OF 2024) - REG 11

For Division 4 of Part 4.5 of the Principal Regulations substitute —

" Division 4—Prohibition on work involving engineered stone benchtops, panels or slabs

        319Y     Prohibition on work involving engineered stone benchtops, panels or slabs

An employer, a self-employed person, or a person who (whether as an owner or otherwise) has, to any extent, the management or control of a workplace, must not carry out, or direct or allow a person under the person's management or control or an employee of the employer or self‑employed person to do, any of the following—

        (a)     install, manufacture, or supply engineered stone benchtops, panels or slabs;

        (b)     perform an engineered stone process involving benchtops, panels or slabs.

Penalty:     100 penalty units for a natural person;

    500 penalty units for a body corporate.

        319Z     Exceptions for installation

Regulation 319Y does not apply to the installation of engineered stone benchtops, panels or slabs carried out for one or more of the following purposes—

        (a)     research or analysis;

        (b)     to sample or identify engineered stone.

        319ZA     Exceptions for supply

Regulation 319Y does not apply to the supply of engineered stone benchtops, panels or slabs carried out for one or more of the following purposes—

        (a)     research or analysis;

        (b)     to sample or identify engineered stone;

        (c)     to dispose of engineered stone.

        319ZB     Exceptions for processing

Regulation 319Y does not apply to an engineered stone process involving benchtops, panels or slabs that—

        (a)     is carried out for one or more of the following purposes—

              (i)     research or analysis;

              (ii)     to sample or identify engineered stone;

              (iii)     to remove, repair or make modifications to engineered stone that is already installed;

              (iv)     to dispose of engineered stone; and

        (b)     is carried out in accordance with Subdivision 3 of Division 3 of Part 4.5.".