WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS 2011
483Decontamination facilities
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483 Decontamination facilities (1) A person conducting a business or undertaking for which asbestos-related work is carried out must ensure that facilities are available to decontaminate the following: (a) the asbestos-related work area; (b) any plant used in the asbestos-related work area;
Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Regulations 2011 379 (c) workers carrying out the asbestos-related work. (2) The person must ensure that nothing that is likely to be contaminated with asbestos is removed from the asbestos-related work area unless the thing: (a) is decontaminated before being removed; or (b) is sealed in a container, and the exterior of the container is: (i) decontaminated; and (ii) labelled in accordance with the GHS to indicate the presence of asbestos; before being removed.