Any person who handles refrigerant or works on RAC equipment using a refrigerant regulated under the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Regulations 1995 must hold a refrigerant handling licence. Handling a refrigerant means doing anything with the refrigerant, or a component of RAC equipment, that carries the risk of its emission, including:

• decanting the refrigerant; or
• manufacturing, installing, commissioning, servicing or maintaining RAC equipment, irrespective if whether or not refrigerant is present; or
• decommissioning or disposing of RAC equipment where refrigerant is present.