Victorian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 229

    (1)     A person who manages or controls a workplace must provide a copy of the asbestos register" "to—

        (a)     any employer or self-employed person whose business is located at the workplace; and

        (b)     an asbestos removal licence holder engaged to do asbestos removal work; and

        (c)     a person who is required to obtain a copy under regulation 305, and who requests a copy from the person who manages or controls the workplace.

Penalty:     60 penalty units for a natural person;

300 penalty units for a body corporate.

    (2)     A person who manages or controls a workplace must inform any person engaged to do work at that workplace that involves the risk of exposure to airborne asbestos fibres of the asbestos register and must provide access to that register.

Penalty:     60 penalty units for a natural person;

300 penalty units for a body corporate.

    (3)     If access is requested, a person who manages or controls a workplace must provide access to the asbestos register to any other person engaged by that person to do work at that workplace.

Penalty:     60 penalty units for a natural person;

300 penalty units for a body corporate.

Note

This would include giving access to a "designer" under the Act.

    (4)     If a copy is requested, a person who manages or controls a workplace must provide a copy of the asbestos register to an employer or self-employed person who intends to occupy the workplace.

Penalty:     60 penalty units for a natural person;

300 penalty units for a body corporate.