WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2017 - REG 50
Monitoring airborne contaminant levels
WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2017 - REG 50
Monitoring airborne contaminant levels
50 Monitoring airborne contaminant levels
(1) A person conducting a business
or undertaking at a workplace must ensure that air monitoring is carried out
to determine the airborne concentration of a substance or mixture at the
workplace to which an exposure standard applies if--
(a) the person is not
certain on reasonable grounds whether or not the airborne concentration of the
substance or mixture at the workplace exceeds the relevant exposure standard,
or
(b) monitoring is necessary to determine whether there is a risk to
health.
: Maximum penalty--
(a) in the case of an individual--70 penalty
units, or
(b) in the case of a body corporate--345 penalty units.
(2) A
person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must ensure that
the results of air monitoring carried out under subclause (1) are recorded,
and kept for 30 years after the date the record is made.
: Maximum penalty--
(a) in the case of an individual--15 penalty units, or
(b) in the case of a
body corporate--70 penalty units.
(3) A person conducting a business or
undertaking at a workplace must ensure that the results of air monitoring
carried out under subclause (1) are readily accessible to persons at the
workplace who may be exposed to the substance or mixture.
: Maximum penalty--
(a) in the case of an individual--40 penalty units, or
(b) in the case of a
body corporate--210 penalty units.
