Victorian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 237

An employer must—

        (a)     ensure that a copy of the employer's asbestos register is readily accessible to any employee of the employer; and

        (b)     provide a copy of the employer's asbestos register to—

              (i)     the health and safety representative of an affected designated work group; and

              (ii)     an asbestos removal licence holder who has been engaged to do asbestos removal work; and

              (iii)     a person who is required to obtain a copy under regulation 305, and who requests a copy; and

        (c)     inform any person engaged to do work at the employer's workplace that involves the risk of exposure to airborne asbestos fibres of the employer's asbestos register and provide access to that register; and

        (d)     if requested, provide access to the employer's asbestos register to any other person engaged to do work by the employer.

Penalty:     100 penalty units for a natural person;

500 penalty units for a body corporate.

Note

Paragraph (d) would include giving access to a designer engaged by the employer.