A PCBU must prepare an effective emergency plan for the workplace. The purpose of the emergency plan is to plan for, and thus minimise, the effects of any dangerous occurrence or near miss at a workplace resulting from the handling and storage of hazardous chemicals.

The emergency plan must be provided to the emergency services organisation if the quantity of hazardous chemicals stored and used at the workplace exceed manifest quantities. The table below list manifests quantities and shows the link between GHS classes and categories and equivalent classes of dangerous goods under the ADG Code. The person must revise the plan in accordance with any recommendations the primary emergency services organisation provides about its effectiveness.

Refer to the South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service(external site) for further information about lodging of emergency plans.