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Work Health and Safety Regulation 2025
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468 Person with management or control of workplace must inform persons about asbestos removal work
(1) This section applies if the person with management or control of a workplace is informed that asbestos removal work is to be carried out at the workplace.
(2) The person must ensure that the following persons are informed that asbestos removal work is to be carried out at the workplace and when the work is to commence, before the work commences—
(a) the person’s workers and other persons at the workplace,
(b) the person who commissioned the asbestos removal work.
Maximum penalty—
(a) for an individual—73 penalty units, or
(b) for a body corporate—364 penalty units.
(3) The person must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the following persons are informed that asbestos removal work is to be carried out at the workplace and when the work is to commence, before the work commences—
(a) anyone conducting a business or undertaking at, or in the immediate vicinity of, the workplace,
(b) anyone occupying premises in the immediate vicinity of the workplace.
Maximum penalty—
(a) for an individual—73 penalty units, or
(b) for a body corporate—364 penalty units.