Hazardous chemicals register builder

Draft a hazardous chemicals register for your workplace, and check the totals against the placard and manifest quantities in Schedule 11 of the WHS Regulations.

Figures checked 5 November 2026. Free to use, no sign-in.

Workplace

Victoria and Western Australia have their own Acts; the tool switches to them.

Chemical 1

From section 2 of the safety data sheet.

kg or L

Hazardous chemicals register

Check before you use it

  • Check each chemical’s classification in section 2 of its safety data sheet before choosing a Schedule 11 item.
  • Consult the workers who will be affected, and their health and safety representatives if you have them (s 47 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW)).
  • Replace every [bracketed] item and delete defaults that don’t fit your workplace.
  • Check the current law and guidance from SafeWork NSW before relying on the document.
Business (PCBU)[Business name]
Workplace[Site address]
Maintained by[Name and position]
Last updated[Date]
JurisdictionNew South Wales

Register of hazardous chemicals under s 346 of the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2025 (NSW): a list of the hazardous chemicals used, handled or stored at the workplace, with the current safety data sheet for each (s 344 of the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2025 (NSW)). This is a draft prepared from the details entered. It does not by itself show that your obligations are met: check it against your workplace, consult the people who will use it, and update it when things change.

1. Register

[Add each hazardous chemical used, handled or stored at the workplace]

Attach the current safety data sheet for every chemical listed, keep the register at the workplace where workers can get to it, and update it whenever a chemical is added, removed or its safety data sheet changes.

2. Placard and manifest quantities (Schedule 11)

No chemical in this register has a Schedule 11 class selected, so no placard or manifest quantity has been checked.

Combinations of categories within a class (for example flammable liquids of categories 1, 2 and 3 together) have their own quantities in Schedule 11 that this draft does not add up. Check the schedule if you hold more than one category in a class.

Review

Reviewed byName ____________ Signature ____________ Date ________

Draft prepared with a free tool. Tailor it before use. General information, not legal advice.

Highlighted text in [brackets] still needs your input. Nothing you type is saved or sent. General information, not legal advice.

How this works

Each chemical becomes a line in the register with its quantity, location and safety data sheet date. Under the model regulations, choose its Schedule 11 class and the tool adds the quantities for each class and compares the total with the placard and manifest quantities. A total has to be more than the quantity to trigger the duty.

In Victoria the register follows r 162 of the OHS Regulations 2017, and in Western Australia r 346 of the WHS (General) Regulations 2022. Both states set manifest and placard rules in their dangerous goods regulations, which the tool names but does not check.

Not included: the combined-category quantities in Schedule 11, the manifest itself, and storage, segregation and spill controls.

Legal basis

Checked against these sources on 5 November 2026. Spotted a figure that looks wrong? Tell us.

Questions

What has to be in a hazardous chemicals register?

A list of the hazardous chemicals used, handled or stored at the workplace and the current safety data sheet for each (r 346 of the WHS Regulations; r 162 of Victoria’s OHS Regulations 2017, which calls them hazardous substances). It must be kept up to date and be easy for workers to get to.

Do household products need to be on the register?

Not if they are consumer products used in household quantities, in a household way, and only incidentally to the work: in that case no safety data sheet is required and the register rule does not apply to them under the model regulations. Chemicals used in larger quantities or as part of the work do.

When do I need placards or a manifest?

Under the model regulations, when the total of a Schedule 11 chemical at the workplace exceeds its placard quantity (placards, r 349 and r 350) or its manifest quantity (a manifest, notice to the regulator and a copy of the emergency plan to the fire service, r 347, r 348 and r 361). For example, flammable liquids category 2 have a placard quantity of 250 L and a manifest quantity of 2,500 L. Victoria and Western Australia set these rules in their dangerous goods laws instead.

Is anything I type saved?

No. The draft exists only in your browser tab. Copy it, download it as text, or print it before you close the page.

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