422Asbestos to be identified or assumed at workplace

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.