(1)

If it is likely that an employee or a contractor has been exposed to a scheduled carcinogenic substance, the operator must, as soon as practicable, notify the employee or contractor of that exposure.

Penalty:
10 penalty units.

(2)

Subregulation (3) applies to an employee if it is likely that the employee has been, in the course of the employee's employment, exposed to a scheduled carcinogenic substance in, or in connection with, a circumstance mentioned in column 3 of Schedule 1 in relation to that substance.

(3) On the termination of the employee's employment, the operator must provide the employee with a written statement that includes the following information:

(a)

the name of each scheduled carcinogenic substance to which the employee was, or was likely to have been, exposed;

(b)

the period of known exposure to the substance;

(c)

the period of likely exposure to the substance;

(d)

a copy of any relevant assessment report prepared under regulation 2.15;

(e)

details of how and where the employee can obtain any other relevant records;

(f)

the advisability of having periodic health assessments and the types of tests that are relevant.

Penalty:
10 penalty units.