Occupational Health and Safety Regulation 2001
Historical version for 31 August 2001 to 10 January 2002 (accessed 21 May 2013 at 01:16) Repealed version

163   Employer to ensure containers are labelled

(1)  An employer must ensure that a container that holds a hazardous substance used at work, including one supplied to or produced within the employer’s place of work, is appropriately labelled and that the label is not removed, defaced or altered.
(2)  Without limiting subclause (1), an employer must ensure that the label:
(a)  clearly identifies the hazardous substance, and
(b)  provides basic health and safety information about the substance, including any relevant risk phrases and safety phrases.
(3)  However:
(a)  a container into which a hazardous substance is decanted for use within the next 12 hours need only be labelled with the product name and the relevant risk phrases and safety phrases, and
(b)  a container into which a hazardous substance is decanted for immediate use need not be labelled, so long as it is cleaned immediately after it has been emptied of the substance.

Maximum penalty: Level 4.

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