Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2005 - SECT 454I

454I Record-keeping

(1) The local government must ensure a record is kept about the asbestos-related event that includes details of the following matters—

(a) if a complaint was received about the event—the date of the complaint, the name and contact details of the complainant, and the nature of the event;

(b) the location of the event, including the address of the place or premises, and the location at the place or premises, where the event occurred;

(c) the names and contact details of persons known to have knowledge of the event or any action taken in response to the event;

(d) any action taken by the local government in response to the event, including, for example, investigation, remediation, enforcement or prosecution action;

(e) any advice given to a person by the local government about the event, including a copy of any written advice and a summary of any verbal advice;

(f) any correspondence sent to or received by the local government about the event, including a copy of the correspondence;

(g) any measures intended to remove or reduce the public health risk, or prevent the risk from recurring, relating to asbestos put in place in relation to the event by—

(i) the local government; or

(ii) a person other than the local government if the local government is aware of the measures;

(h) any results known to the local government of action mentioned in paragraph (d) or measures mentioned in paragraph (g) ;

(i) a guideline made under section 454H (2) complied with by the local government in relation to the event, including the name and version of the guideline.

(2) Also, the local government must ensure a record is kept about an authorised person who exercises powers under this Act in relation to the asbestos-related event that includes details of any training mentioned in section 454G completed by the person.

(3) Despite the Public Records Act 2002 , section 13 , the local government must ensure a public record about any of the following is kept for at least 70 years after the day of the last action on the record—

(a) the asbestos-related event;

(b) training completed by an authorised person relating to the event mentioned in subsection (2) ;

(c) an annual compliance certificate relating to the event that is given under section 454J ;

(d) a notice given under section 454K acknowledging receipt of an annual compliance certificate mentioned in paragraph (c) .

(4) In this section—

"public record" see the Public Records Act 2002 , section 6 .