Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 475

475 Air monitoring—asbestos removal requiring class A asbestos removal licence

(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking who commissions asbestos removal work requiring a class A asbestos removal licence at a workplace must ensure that an independent licensed asbestos assessor undertakes air monitoring of the asbestos removal area at the workplace.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.

(2) If the workplace is domestic premises, the licensed removalist carrying out asbestos removal work requiring a class A asbestos removal licence at the premises must ensure that an independent licensed asbestos assessor undertakes air monitoring of the asbestos removal area at the premises.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.

(3) The air monitoring must be carried out—

(a) immediately before the licensed asbestos removal work commences, unless glove bags are to be used for the removal; and

(b) while the licensed asbestos removal work is carried out.

(4) The person who commissions the licensed asbestos removal work must ensure that the results of the air monitoring are given to the following—

(a) workers at the workplace;

(b) health and safety representatives for workers at the workplace;

(c) a person conducting a businesses or undertaking at the workplace;

(d) other persons at the workplace.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.

(5) If the workplace is domestic premises, the licensed asbestos removalist carrying out the licensed asbestos removal work at the premises must ensure that the results of the air monitoring are given to the following—

(a) the person who commissioned the asbestos removal work;

(b) workers at the workplace;

(c) health and safety representatives for workers at the workplace;

(d) persons conducting businesses or undertakings at the workplace;

(e) the occupier of the domestic premises;

(f) the owner of the domestic premises;

(g) other persons at the workplace.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.

(6) The independent licensed asbestos assessor must—

(a) undertake the air monitoring; and

(b) use the membrane filter method for air monitoring.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty for subsection (6) —60 penalty units.