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Notification and exemption

Under the Dangerous Goods Safety Management Act 2001, occupiers must notify Workplace Health and Safety Queensland, in the appropriate form, if their premises is classified as a Large Dangerous Goods Location (Large DGL) or Possible Major Hazard Facility (Possible MHF).

Under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (PDF, 1.42 MB), notification requirements have changed.

The old forms were:

• Form 45 (previously Form 1) - Notification of Large Dangerous Goods Location (LP Gas, Flammable Liquids and/or Combustible Liquids Only)
• Form 46 (previously Form 2) - Notification of Large Dangerous Goods Location
• Form 47 (previously Form 3) - Notification of Possible Major Hazard Facility
• Form 56 Application to review directive.

For further information

Phone: (07) 3109 0811
Fax (07) 3109 0800
email: hicb@justice.qld.gov.au
Or
Call the WHS Infoline on 1300 369 915.

What premises are exempt from notification?

In certain circumstances, premises are exempt from notification as a Large DGL or possible MHF. For example:

• activities pertaining to mining on a mining tenure (covered by the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 or the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999)
• land that is used for obtaining, mining or transporting petroleum (under the Petroleum Act 1923 or the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004
• gas distribution pipelines under the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 (other than pipes within the boundaries of a Major Hazard Facility or Dangerous Goods Location), or
• land or pipelines under the Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2009.

In the case of a possible Large DGL, rural premises are also exempted from notification when:

• they have an area of 5 hectares or more
• they are used by the occupier for agricultural, horticultural, floricultural, aquacultural or pastoral purposes, and
• there are no stated dangerous goods or combustible liquids being stored there for resale.