Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01083:reg:351
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01083
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 351
Character Range: 474084–474984

351  Management of risks to health or safety
 (1) A person conducting a business or undertaking must manage, in accordance with Part 3.1, risks to health and safety associated with using, handling, generating or storing a hazardous chemical at a workplace.
Note: WHS Act—section 19 (see regulation 9).
 (2) In managing risks the person must have regard to the following:
 (a) the hazardous properties of the hazardous chemical;
 (b) any potentially hazardous chemical or physical reaction between the hazardous chemical and another substance or mixture, including a substance that may be generated by the reaction;
 (c) the nature of the work to be carried out with the hazardous chemical;
 (d) any structure, plant or system of work:
 (i) that is used in the use, handling, generation or storage of the hazardous chemical; or
 (ii) that could interact with the hazardous chemical at the workplace.