483Decontamination facilities

483 Decontamination facilities

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) plant used in the asbestos-related work area,

(c) workers carrying out the asbestos-related work.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual—73 penalty units, or

(b) for a body corporate—364 penalty units.

(2) The person must ensure that nothing that is likely to be contaminated with asbestos is removed from the asbestos-related work area unless, before being removed, 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.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual—73 penalty units, or

(b) for a body corporate—364 penalty units.