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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2017 - REG 484
Disposing of asbestos waste and contaminated personal protective equipment
484 Disposing of asbestos waste and contaminated personal protective equipment
(1) Subject to subclause (2), a person conducting a business or undertaking
for which asbestos-related work is carried out must ensure that asbestos
waste-- (a) is contained and labelled in accordance with the GHS before the
waste is removed from an asbestos-related work area, and
(b) is disposed of
as soon as practicable at a site authorised to accept asbestos waste.
:
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 personal protective equipment used in asbestos-related work and
contaminated with asbestos-- (a) is sealed in a container, and that the
exterior of the container is decontaminated and labelled in accordance with
the GHS to indicate the presence of asbestos before being removed, and
(b) so
far as is reasonably practicable, is disposed of on the completion of the
asbestos-related work at a site authorised to accept asbestos waste, and
(c)
if it is not reasonably practicable to dispose of the personal protective
equipment that is clothing-- (i) is laundered at a laundry equipped to launder
asbestos-contaminated clothing, or
(ii) if it is not practicable to launder
the clothing, is kept in the sealed container until it is re-used for the
purposes of asbestos-related work, and
(d) if it is not reasonably
practicable to dispose of the personal protective equipment that is not
clothing-- (i) is decontaminated before it is removed from the asbestos
removal area, or
(ii) if it is not practicable to decontaminate the equipment
in the asbestos removal area, is kept in the sealed container until it is
re-used for the purposes of 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.
Example : Work boots.
(3) The person must
ensure that a sealed container referred to in subclause (2) is decontaminated
and labelled in accordance with the GHS to indicate the presence of asbestos
before being removed from the asbestos-related work area. : Maximum penalty--
(a) in the case of an individual--70 penalty units, or
(b) in the case of a
body corporate--345 penalty units.
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