Western Australian Current Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ( GENERAL ) REGULATIONS 2022 - REG 341

341 .         Labelling hazardous chemicals: general requirement

        (1)         A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must ensure that a hazardous chemical used, handled or stored at the workplace is correctly labelled in accordance with regulation 335.

        Penalty for this subregulation:

            (a)         for an individual, a fine of $7 000;

            (b)         for a body corporate, a fine of $35 000.

        (2)         Subregulation (1) does not apply to a hazardous chemical if the chemical —

            (a)         was supplied before 1 January 2017; and

            (b)         was, at the time it was supplied, labelled in accordance with the National Code of Practice for the Labelling of Workplace Substances [NOHSC: 2012 (1994)] as in force at that time.

        Note for this regulation:

                Regulation 338 applies if the chemical is being supplied to another workplace.