Notify WorkSafe

Asbestos removalists must send to NT WorkSafe a completed notification form five days before any removal work involving friable asbestos or more than 10 square metres of non-friable asbestos.

For asbestos removal in emergency situations, asbestos removalists must call NT WorkSafe on 1800 019 115 for approval.

There are notification requirements for elevated respirable asbestos fibre levels or the emergency demolition of a structure or plant involving asbestos.

Additional information is available on the asbestos notification page.

• Notification of asbestos removal form

A PCBU must send to NT WorkSafe a completed notification form five days before starting demolition work:

• on a structure, or a part of a structure that is load bearing or otherwise related to the physical integrity of the structure, that is at least 6 m in height; or
• involving load shifting machinery on a suspended floor; or
• involving explosives.

Further information is available on our demolition notification page.

• Notification of demolition form

Licensed gasfitters must send to NT WorkSafe, a completed notification form at least 24 hours before starting:

• the installation of fuel gas system;
• the connection of a gas appliance; or
• the repair (other than minor repair), alteration, or removal of an existing fuel gas system.

If the work is done for emergency situations, notifications is required as soon as practicable.

Notification is not required when:

• the total quantity of fuel gas connected to the system will not exceed 200 kg; or
• the fuel gas system is connected to a gas main, with a total energy consumption of no more than 200 MJ per hour.
• Notification of commencement of gas works form

Gas mains work

Licensed gasfitters are required to submit a completed notification form 7 days before starting construction or repair of the gas main, unless the works are emergency repairs, minor repairs or routine maintenance.

• Notification of construction or repair of gas main form

A PCBU must send to NT WorkSafe a completed notification form when Schedule 11 hazardous chemicals are used, handled or stored at a workplace above manifest quantities.

Notification is required immediately after its known that hazardous chemicals above manifest quantities will be used, handled or stored at the workplace, or at least 14 days before the first use, handling or storage (whichever is earlier).

Additional information is available on the hazardous chemicals notification page.

• Notification of schedule 11 hazardous chemicals form

A PCBU must send to NT WorkSafe a completed notification form before any explosives (excluding safety cartridges and distress signals) are imported into or exported from the Northern Territory.

The import notification must be made before the explosives arrive into the Northern Territory, and the export notification made before the explosives leave the Northern Territory.

• Notice of arrival - Prescribed explosives form

Due to the harmful effects of lead exposure, the WHS Regulations details notification requirements if a workplace works with lead.

A PCBU must send NT WorkSafe a completed notification form within seven days if:

• The workplace undertakes activities that is considered a lead process as defined in the WHS Regulations; and
• If it is determined that work at the workplace is lead risk work.

A PCBU must also notify NT WorkSafe as soon as practicable if a worker has been removed from lead risk work.

Additional information is available on the lead risk work notification page.

• Notification of lead risk work form
• Notification of worker removed from lead risk work form

Sites that store, handle and process large quantities of hazardous chemicals and dangerous goods, including explosives and fuels detailed in Schedule 15 above 10% of the threshold quantity may be considered a Major Hazard Facility.

A PCBU constructing or operating such sites have notification requirements that are detailed on the Major Hazard Facility notification page.

• Major hazard facility notification form

A PCBU must send to NT WorkSafe a completed notification form if they intend to build a pipeline used to transfer a Schedule 11 hazardous chemical that will cross into a public place.

Additional information is available on the pipelines notification page.

• Notification of pipelines work form

A PCBU must notify NT WorkSafe if an underground, partially underground or fully mounded tank used to store flammable gases or flammable liquids has not been used for two years, or the PCBU does not intend to use the tank to store flammable gases or flammable liquids again.

• Notification of abandonment of tank form

A PCBU is required to notify NT WorkSafe of Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs) and Deputy HSRs elected at the workplace.

This list must also be displayed at the workplace and maintained.

• Notification of health and safety representatives form

A person conducting a business or undertaking ("PCBU") must not carry out or direct or allow a worker to carry out the processing of Crystalline Silca Substances (CSS). A PCBU at a workplace must assess the processing of CSS to determine if the processing is high risk, if a decision is unable to be made, then the processing of the CSS is taken to be high risk.  A silica risk control has to be prepared before high risk processing of CSS commences.

A PCBU that is carrying out, or directing or allowing a worker to carry out high risk processing of a CSS must undertake air monitoring.  If there is an exceedance of the workplace exposure standard of 0.05mg/m3 during an 8 hour time weighted average, air monitoring results must be provided to the Regulator as soon as reasonably practicable and no more than 14 days from the date the air monitoring result was reported to the PCBU.  Please refer to RCS Air Monitoring Notification Form.