New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2017 - REG 483

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) any plant used in the asbestos-related work area,

(c) workers carrying out the asbestos-related 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.

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

before being removed.

: Maximum penalty--

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

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