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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS 2011
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425 Asbestos register
(1) A person with management or control of a workplace must ensure
that a register (an asbestos register) is prepared and kept at the
(2) The person must ensure that the asbestos register is maintained to
ensure the information in the register is up-to-date.
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(3) The asbestos register must:
(a) record any asbestos or ACM identified at the workplace under
regulation 422, or likely to be present at the workplace from
time to time including:
(i) the date on which the asbestos or ACM was identified;
and
(ii) the location, type and condition of the asbestos or ACM;
or
(b) state that no asbestos or ACM is identified at the workplace if
the person knows that no asbestos or ACM is identified, or is
likely to be present from time to time, at the workplace.
(4) The person is not required to prepare an asbestos register for a
workplace if a register has already been prepared for that
(5) Subject to subregulation (6), this regulation applies to buildings
whenever constructed.
(6) This regulation does not apply to a workplace if:
(a) the workplace is a building that was constructed after
31 December 2003; and
(b) no asbestos has been identified at the workplace; and
(c) no asbestos is likely to be present at the workplace from time
to time.