(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must ensure that, if flammable or combustible substances are kept at the workplace, the substances are kept at the lowest practicable quantity for the workplace.
Maximum penalty:
(a) in the case of an individual – $6 000.
(b) in the case of a body corporate – $30 000.
Note for subregulation (1)
Strict liability applies to each physical element of this offence. See section 12B of the Act.
(2) In this regulation:
flammable or combustible substances include:
(a) flammable and combustible liquids, including waste liquids, in containers, whether empty or full; and
(b) gas cylinders, whether empty or full.