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Under Labelling of workplace hazardous chemicals · made under Work Health and Safety Act 2020

Duty of PCBUs that use, handle or store hazardous chemicals to keep them correctly labelled

Code version as at 27 Nov 2024 From Labelling of workplace hazardous chemicals, no changes tracked yet
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WA Code of Practice: Labelling of Workplace Hazardous Chemicals
The obligation
A PCBU that uses, handles or stores hazardous chemicals must ensure they are correctly labelled in accordance with regulation 335 of the WHS Regulations.
A PCBU that manufactures hazardous chemicals at the workplace, or decants or transfers one from its original container, must ensure the container is correctly labelled in accordance with regulation 335. The PCBU must also ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that a container storing a hazardous chemical stays correctly labelled while it contains the chemical, and that a labelled container is used only for that chemical. …
What
A PCBU that uses, handles or stores hazardous chemicals must ensure they are correctly labelled in accordance with regulation 335 of the WHS Regulations.
Source
worksafe.wa.gov.au

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Which WHS law does this come from?

Duty of PCBUs that use, handle or store hazardous chemicals to keep them correctly labelled is a WHS requirement set out in Labelling of workplace hazardous chemicals (WA). It is made under Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (WA). The relevant provision is Code of Practice: Labelling of Workplace Hazardous Chemicals.

What does this WHS obligation require?

Duty of PCBUs that use, handle or store hazardous chemicals to keep them correctly labelled is a WHS obligation under Labelling of workplace hazardous chemicals (WA). In short, A PCBU that uses, handles or stores hazardous chemicals must ensure they are correctly labelled in accordance with regulation 335 of the WHS Regulations.

What changed recently?

Duty of PCBUs that use, handle or store hazardous chemicals to keep them correctly labelled was last updated on 19 October 2026.

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Labelling of workplace hazardous chemicals Work Health and Safety Act 2020 Western Australia Australia

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First seenOct 2026