Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017
214Asbestos removal work
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 214
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017.
214 Asbestos removal work
(1) An employer, a self-employed person or a person who manages or controls a workplace must not perform asbestos removal work, or arrange for asbestos removal work to be performed, in respect of the workplace except in accordance with Division 7.
(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply if the asbestos removal work is for—
(a) the purpose of sampling and identification; or
(b) the removal of asbestos encountered in the course of non-asbestos mining or the extraction of stone.