Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01083:clause:13_6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01083
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 13 cl 6
Character Range: 931699–933504

6  Placards for packaged Schedule 11 hazardous chemicals (other than flammable liquids category 4) and IBCs
 (1) This clause applies if a person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must display a placard at the workplace in relation to the storage of:
 (a) packaged Schedule 11 hazardous chemicals (other than flammable liquids category 4); or
 (b) a Schedule 11 hazardous chemical in an IBC.
 (2) The placard must:
 (a) be in the form shown in figure 13.4; and
 (b) be of sufficient size to accommodate the labels to be included on the placard; and
 (c) have a white or silver background; and
 (d) include each required class label:
 (i) in the form and colouring stated in the ADG Code for the hazardous chemical; and
 (ii) with sides not less than 100 mm.
 (3) The placard must include the following:
 (a) for a Schedule 11 hazardous chemical (other than unstable explosive, organic peroxide type A, self‑reactive substance type A) present in a storage area at the workplace—the class label as stated in the ADG Code for each category of hazardous chemicals present in at least the placard quantity; or
 (b) for a flammable liquid category 4 stored with flammable liquids in a storage area at the workplace—a class 3 class label as stated in the ADG Code; or
 (c) for an unstable explosive, organic peroxide type A or self‑reactive substance type A—the label in figure 13.3.

 Figure 13.4   General form of placard for packaged Schedule 11 hazardous chemicals
 (4) If hazardous chemicals in an IBC at the workplace are Schedule 11 hazardous chemicals intended for transport, and not intended for use at the workplace:
 (a) the IBC must display a placard in accordance with the ADG Code; and
 (b) the storage area at the workplace must display a placard in accordance with this clause.