New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2017 - REG 468

468 Person with management or control of workplace must inform persons about asbestos removal work

(1) This clause 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 any other persons at the workplace,

(b) the person who commissioned the asbestos removal work.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) in the case of an individual--70 penalty units, or

(b) in the case of a body corporate--345 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) in the case of an individual--70 penalty units, or

(b) in the case of a body corporate--345 penalty units.