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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS 2011
422Asbestos to be identified or assumed at workplace
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422 Asbestos to be identified or assumed at workplace
(1) A person with management or control of a workplace must ensure,
so far as is reasonably practicable, that all asbestos or ACM at the
workplace is identified by a competent person.
Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Regulations 2011 327
(2) A person with management or control of a workplace must:
(a) if material at the workplace cannot be identified but a
competent person reasonably believes that the material is
asbestos or ACM – assume that the material is asbestos; and
(b) if part of the workplace is inaccessible to workers and likely to
contain asbestos or ACM – assume that asbestos is present in
the part of the workplace.
(3) Subregulation (1) does not apply if the person:
(a) assumes that asbestos or ACM is present; or
(b) has reasonable grounds to believe that asbestos or ACM is
not present.
(4) If asbestos or ACM is assumed to be present at a workplace, it is
taken to be identified at the workplace.