484Disposing of asbestos waste and contaminated personal

484 Disposing of asbestos waste and contaminated personal protective equipment (1) Subject to subregulation (2), a person conducting a business or undertaking for which asbestos-related work is carried out must ensure that asbestos waste: (a) is contained and labelled in accordance with the GHS before the waste is removed from an asbestos-related work area; and

Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Regulations 2011 380 (b) is disposed of as soon as practicable at a site authorised to accept asbestos waste. (2) The person must ensure that personal protective equipment used in asbestos-related work and contaminated with asbestos: (a) is sealed in a container, and that the exterior of the container is decontaminated and labelled in accordance with the GHS to indicate the presence of asbestos before being removed; and completion of the asbestos-related work at a site authorised to accept asbestos waste; and (i) is laundered at a laundry equipped to launder asbestos-contaminated clothing; or (ii) if it is not practicable to launder the clothing, is kept in the sealed container until it is reused for the purposes of asbestos-related work; and (i) is decontaminated before it is removed from the asbestos removal area; or the asbestos removal area, is kept in the sealed container until it is reused for the purposes of asbestos-related work.

Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Regulations 2011 381 (3) The person must ensure that a sealed container referred to in subregulation (2) is decontaminated and labelled in accordance with the GHS to indicate the presence of asbestos before being removed from the asbestos-related work area. Part 8.10 Licensing of asbestos removalists and asbestos assessors