Victorian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 220

    (1)     Subject to subregulation (2), a person must not store asbestos.

Penalty:     100 penalty units for a natural person;

400 penalty units for a body corporate.

    (2)     Subregulation (1) does not apply to—

        (a)     the storage of asbestos waste or non‑disposable personal protective clothing likely to be contaminated with asbestos that is—

              (i)     being stored for the purpose of disposal, or in the case of non‑disposable personal protective clothing contaminated with asbestos, stored for the purpose of laundering; and

              (ii)     stored securely and identified to indicate the likely or actual presence of asbestos; and

              (iii)     contained so as to eliminate the release of airborne asbestos fibres; and

              (iv)     disposed of as soon as reasonably possible, or, in the case of non‑disposable personal protective clothing contaminated with asbestos, laundered as soon as reasonably possible; or

        (b)     asbestos fixed to or installed in a building, structure, ship, plant, aircraft or vehicle as at 31 December 2003.