420Exposure to airborne asbestos at workplace

420 Exposure to airborne asbestos at workplace

(1)  A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must ensure that –

(a) exposure of a person at the workplace to airborne asbestos is eliminated so far as is reasonably practicable; and

(b) if it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate exposure to airborne asbestos, exposure is minimised so far as is reasonably practicable.

| Note | | WHS Act – section 19 (see regulation 9 ). |

(2)  A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must ensure that the exposure standard for asbestos is not exceeded at the workplace.

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) an individual, a fine not exceeding $6 000; or

(b) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding $30 000.

(3)  Subregulations (1)(a) and (2) do not apply in relation to an asbestos removal area –

(a) that is enclosed to prevent the release of respirable asbestos fibres in accordance with regulation 477 ; and

(b) in which negative pressure is used in accordance with that regulation.