Authorisation for persons subject to work health and safety laws
60 Authorisation for persons subject to work health and safety laws
A person is taken to deal with an S7 poison in the authorised way if the dealing is carried out—
at, or in connection with, a place that is subject to a work health and safety law; and
in the course of performing the person’s duties at, or in connection with, the place; and
in compliance with the work health and safety law.
However, subsection (1) does not apply if—
the dealing is the manufacture or supply of an S7 poison; or
the S7 poison is an excluded S7 poison; or
the dealing is carried out at, or in connection with, an excluded place.
In this section—
excluded place means—
any part of a place that is a person’s residence or that is accessible by the general public; or
another place prescribed by regulation to be an excluded place for this section.
excluded S7 poison means an S7 poison prescribed by regulation to be an excluded S7 poison for this section.
resource authority see the Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Act 2014, section 10.
work health and safety law means—
the Work Health and Safety Act 2011; or
a provision of an Act relating to safely carrying out activities under a resource authority.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by regulation
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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