New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2001 - REG 168

168 Employer to record risk assessments

(1) An employer must record the results of a risk assessment relating to the use of a hazardous substance by:

(a) making a notation in the register of hazardous substances kept under clause 167 if no specific measures are necessary to control the risks associated with exposure to the hazardous substance, or

(b) preparing a report on the risk assessment if specific measures are necessary to control the risks associated with exposure to the hazardous substance.

Maximum penalty: Level 3.

(2) The employer must ensure that any risk assessment report prepared in relation to a hazardous substance that is used at the employer’s place of work is readily accessible to any employee or other person working at the employer’s place of work who could be exposed to the hazardous substance.

Maximum penalty (subclause (2)): Level 1.