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significant risk to health from the use of hazardous substances at work, the operator must ensure that the register is noted to indicate that the assessment has been completed.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
 (7) If the risk assessment indicates that there is a significant risk to health from the use of any hazardous substance at work, the operator must ensure that a report on the assessment (an assessment report) is prepared.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
Note: Assessment reports generally reflect the detail of the assessment, including setting out sufficient information to show why decisions about risks and precautions were made. Further guidance on deciding if the risk is significant can be found in the National Code of Practice for the Control of Workplace Hazardous Substances [NOHSC:2007 (1994)] and the Guidance Note for the Assessment of Health Risks Arising from the Use of Hazardous Substances in the Workplace [NOHSC:3017 (1994)].
 (8) An operator must review a risk assessment within 5 years after the assessment is first completed, and afterwards at intervals of not more than 5 years, to ensure that it is still valid.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
 (9) An operator must revise a risk assessment if:
 (a) the operator knows, or ought reasonably to know, of evidence that the assessment is no longer valid; or
 (b) there has been a significant change in the work to which the assessment relates.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
 (10) An operator must ensure that an assessment report is readily accessible to each of the employees or contractors who could be exposed to a hazardous substance to which the report relates.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.

2.16  Risk control
Note: The National Code of Practice for Control of Workplace Hazardous Substances [NOHSC:2007 (1994)] lists, in priority order, the hierarchy of control measures for use in carrying out risk control. Guidance on exposure standards can be found in the Exposure Standards for Atmospheric Contaminants in the Occupational Environment [NOHSC:1003 (1995)].
 (1) An operator must ensure that no employee or contractor at work is exposed to an airborne concentration (measured over the length of time relevant to an exposure standard) of a hazardous substance, in the breathing zone of the employee or contractor, at a level that exceeds the exposure standard.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
 (2) An operator must ensure, on the basis of a risk assessment carried out under regulation 2.15, that exposure to a hazardous substance is:
 (a) prevented; or
 (b) if it is not reasonably practicable to prevent the exposure—adequately controlled in order to minimise the risks to health caused by the substance.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
 (3) An operator must take all reasonably practicable steps to prevent or control exposure to a hazardous substance