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Compliance Registers

The registers a regulator or principal contractor will ask to see: hazardous substances (SDS), plant & equipment with inspection due-dates, and permits to work for high-risk tasks. Everything date-tracked, attachable, and printable.

Hazardous substances (SDS)

Plant & equipment

Permits to work

Add substance

Every hazardous chemical on site needs a current Safety Data Sheet (under 5 years old).

Product / chemical name

Manufacturer / supplier

Hazard class

SDS issue date

Quantity held / location

SDS document (PDF)

Substance register

Register plant

Plant & powered equipment with the next inspection/service due. Registrable plant (cranes, EWPs, pressure vessels) needs a design + item registration number.

Item

Make / model

Serial / plant ID

Registration no. (if registrable)

Type

Last inspection

Next due

Inspection / compliance plate (photo)

Plant register

Issue permit to work

High-risk tasks need a permit before work starts — hot work, confined space, working at heights, excavation, electrical isolation, live traffic.

Permit type

Task / location

Issued to

Authorised by

Valid from

Expires

Controls in place (checklist confirmed)

Permit register

Why it matters. When a regulator, insurer or head contractor audits the site, these three registers are the first thing requested. Trade Handy keeps them current automatically — expiring SDS, overdue plant inspections and live permits all raise Notifications and show on the Safety dashboard.