Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (Act No. 85 of 1993)

Regulations

Major Hazard Installation Regulations, 2022

18. General duties of suppliers

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(1) Every person that supplies a dangerous substance to an establishment must issue a safety data sheet that is supplied with the substance and must also provide basic information for training on the use and handling of the substance.

 

(2) On receipt of information contemplated in regulation 16(2), a supplier of a dangerous substance involved in an emerging major incident or potential major incident must inform all clients supplied with that substance of the emerging potential dangers surrounding the dangerous substance.

 

(3) A supplier must, in the event of a major incident with regard to the dangerous substance supplied, provide information and advice that must be readily available on a 24-hour basis to all duty holders, the relevant local government and any other body concerned.