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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS 2011
529Work must be supervised by named supervisor
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529 Work must be supervised by named supervisor
A person who holds an asbestos removal licence must ensure that
asbestos removal work authorised by the licence is supervised by a
supervisor named to the regulator by the licence holder.
Note for regulation 529
Chapter 8A Crystalline silica
Part 8A.1 Preliminary matters
529A Definitions
In these Regulations:
crystalline silica means crystalline polymorphs of silica and
includes the following substances:
(a) cristobalite;
(b) quartz;
(c) tridymite;
(d) tripoli.
crystalline silica substance (CSS) means material that contains
at least 1% crystalline silica, determined as a weight/weight (w/w)
concentration.
Example for definition crystalline silica substance (CSS)
Engineered stone is a type of CSS.
engineered stone means a CSS that:
(a) is an artificial product; and
(b) is created by combining natural stone materials with other
chemical constituents such as water, resins or pigments; and
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(c) becomes hardened;
but does not include the following:
(d) concrete or cement products;
(e) bricks, pavers or other similar blocks;
(f) ceramic wall or floor tiles;
(g) grout, mortar or render;
(h) plasterboard;
(i) porcelain products;
(j) sintered stone;
(k) roof tiles.
processing, in relation to a CSS, means any of the following:
(a) the use of power tools or mechanical plant to carry out an
activity involving the crushing, cutting, grinding, trimming,
sanding, abrasive polishing or drilling of a CSS;
(b) the use of roadheaders to excavate material that is a CSS;
(c) the quarrying of a material that is a CSS;
(d) mechanical screening involving a material that is a CSS;
(e) tunnelling through a material that is a CSS;
(f) a process that exposes, or is reasonably likely to expose, a
person to respirable crystalline silica during the manufacture
or handling of a CSS.