Victorian Consolidated Regulations

For ease of reference only, definitions (but not other parts of speech and grammatical forms of a word or phrase defined) appear in bold in the text. Section 39 of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 provides that where a word or phrase is given a particular meaning in an Act or subordinate instrument, other parts of speech and grammatical forms of that word or phrase have, unless the contrary intention appears, corresponding meanings. - SECT 404

Identification of hazards

404. Identification of hazards



(1) An occupier of premises where dangerous goods are stored and handled must
ensure that any hazard associated with the storage and handling of dangerous
goods at the premises is identified, having regard to the state of knowledge
of the hazard.

(2) Without affecting the generality of subregulation (1), the occupier, when
identifying hazards, must have regard to-

   (a)  any information about the hazardous properties inherent to the
        dangerous goods, including a MSDS for the dangerous goods available to
        the occupier; and

   (b)  the chemical and physical properties of the dangerous goods, including
        physical state, viscosity, vapour pressure, chemical energy, particle
        size, solubility, electrical conductivity, reactivity, combustion
        products and concentration; and

   (c)  any manufacturing and transport processes at the premises involving
        the dangerous goods, including the temperatures and pressures to which
        the goods are subjected, physical processes such as separation,
        mixing, absorption and changes of state and processes involving
        chemical reaction; and

   (d)  the structures, plant (including the characteristics of the materials
        used in the plant), systems of work and activities that are used in
        the storage and handling of the dangerous goods at the premises; and





   (e)  the physical location and arrangement of areas, structures and plant
        used for the storage and handling of the dangerous goods at the
        premises; and

   (f)  the structures, plant (including the characteristics of the materials
        used in the plant), systems of work and activities that are not used
        to store or handle the dangerous goods at the premises but that could
        interact with the dangerous goods at the premises; and

   (g)  the chemical and physical reaction between dangerous goods and other
        substances and articles with which the dangerous goods may come into
        contact at the premises; and

   (h)  the type and characteristics of incidents associated with the
        dangerous goods, including incidents affecting the structures or plant
        used to store or handle the dangerous goods.