Preparation of Safety Data Sheets for Hazardous Chemicals Code of Practice - South Australia

Description

You must comply with this code if you manufacture or import a hazardous chemical. Manufacturers and importers of a substance, mixture or article have an obligation, before first supplying it to a workplace, to determine whether it is a hazardous chemical and, if so, to correctly classify and label  that substance, mixture or article.

A Safety Data Sheet (SDS) must be prepared before first manufacturing or importing a hazardous chemical, or if this is not possible, as soon as practicable after first manufacturing or importing the chemical and before first supplying it to a workplace.

Service type

Code of Practice

A code of practice is a set of rules which details how people in a certain industry should behave. A code of practice can be defined as a result of legislation or by industry regulators and bodies.

Administering agency

SafeWork SA

Licensing Unit

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