Factories, Shops and Industries Act 1962 Factories (Health and Safety Spray Painting) Amendment Regulation 1999 (1999-632) [GG No 137 of 3.12.1999, p 11632] (NSW)

1999 No 632

Factories (Health and Safety—Spray New South Wales

Painting) Amendment Regulation 1999

under the

Factories, Shops and Industries Act 1962

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Factories, Shops and Industries Act 1962.

J. W. SHAW, Q.C., M.L.C.,

Minister for Industrial Relations

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is:

(a)	to remove the requirement for the design, construction and location of spray painting booths to be approved by the Chief Inspector and to require instead that the adequacy of those matters be assessed by the occupier of a factory to ensure that the health and safety of persons who work in or near, or who are required to be in or near, spray painting booths is protected, and
(b)	to remove requirements for other aspects of spray painting work in booths to be approved by the Chief Inspector.

This Regulation is made under the Factories, Shops and Industries Act 1962, including section 68 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 137 of 3 December 1999, page 11632	Page 1
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Clause 1	Factories (Health and Safety—Spray Painting) Amendment Regulation 1999

Factories (Health and Safety—Spray Painting)
Amendment Regulation 1999

1     Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Factories (Health and Safety—Spray Painting)

Amendment Regulation 1999.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 8 December 1999.

3 Amendment of Factories (Health and Safety—Spray Painting)

Regulation 1977

The Factories (Health and Safety—Spray Painting) Regulation 1977 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

4 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

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Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendments

(Clause 3)

[1]     Clause 8 Spray painting to be done in booths

Insert after clause 8 (1):

(1A) Before a booth is erected, or used, for spray painting in a factory, the occupier of the factory must make an assessment of the adequacy of the design, construction and location of the booth to ensure the protection of the health and safety of persons who work in or near, or are required to be in or near, the booth.

[2]     Clause 9 Requirements for booths

Omit clause 9 (1)–(3). Insert instead:

(1) Subject to this Regulation, no booth is to be erected, or used, for spray painting in a factory unless the provisions of subclauses (4)–(12) inclusive are complied with in respect of the booth.

[3]     Clause 9 (4)

Omit “or of an approved type”.

[4]     Clause 9 (5)

Omit “an approved”. Insert instead “a”.

[5]     Clause 9 (6)

Omit “an approved material”.
Insert instead “some other appropriate material”.

[6]     Clause 14 Electrostatic spray painting with hand-held equipment

Omit “approved means”. Insert instead “appropriate means”.

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Schedule 1 Amendments

[7]     Clause 18 Heating of booths

Omit “, heated air, or other approved means”. Insert instead “or heated air”.

BY AUTHORITY

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