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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (MINES) REGULATIONS 2022 - REG 383

383 .         Application for authorisation to use, handle or store prohibited and restricted carcinogens

        (1)         A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace may apply in writing to the regulator for authorisation to use, handle or store a prohibited carcinogen or restricted carcinogen referred to in Schedule 10 at the workplace.

        (2)         The application must include the following information —

            (a)         the applicant’s name and business address;

            (b)         if the applicant conducts the business or undertaking under a business name, that business name;

            (c)         the name and address of the supplier of the carcinogen;

            (d)         the address where the carcinogen will be used, handled or stored;

            (e)         the name of the carcinogen;

            (f)         the quantity of the carcinogen to be used, handled or stored at the workplace each year;

            (g)         the purpose and activity for which the carcinogen will be used, handled or stored;

            (h)         the number of workers that may be exposed to the carcinogen;

                  (i)         information about how the person will manage risks to health and safety, including a summary of the steps taken, or to be taken, by the person in relation to the following —

                  (i)         hazard identification;

                  (ii)         control measures;

                  (iii)         if elimination or substitution of the carcinogen is not reasonably practicable — why the elimination or substitution is not reasonably practicable;

            (j)         any other information requested by the regulator.



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