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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 No. 18 - SECT 315

315 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary)

Schedule 3, definition asbestos—

omit, insert—

'asbestos means the asbestiform varieties of mineral silicates belonging to the serpentine or amphibole groups of rock-forming minerals, including the following—

(a) actinolite asbestos;
(b) grunerite (or amosite) (brown) asbestos;
(c) anthophyllite asbestos;
(d) chrysotile (white);
(e) crocidolite (blue);
(f) tremolite asbestos;
(g) a mixture containing 1 or more of the minerals mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (f).
Note—
Paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (f) mention mineral silicates that use the same mineral term for both the asbestiform and nonasbestiform varieties. The word 'asbestos' has been included when listing these minerals to emphasise that only the asbestiform habit of these minerals is regulated as asbestos.'.


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