Victorian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 250

    (1)     An employer or self-employed person may perform asbestos removal work, in accordance with this Subdivision, involving—

        (a)     the removal of non-friable asbestos‑containing material if—

              (i)     the area of non-friable asbestos‑containing material to be removed does not exceed 10 square metres in total; and

              (ii)     the employer or self-employed person does not perform more than 1 hour of asbestos removal work in total during a 7‑day period; or

        (b)     the removal of asbestos-contaminated dust, if—

              (i)     the asbestos removal work does not exceed 10 minutes in total; and

              (ii)     the employer or self-employed person does not perform more than 1 hour of asbestos removal work in total during a 7‑day period; or

        (c)     the removal of asbestos-contaminated dust if an independent person has determined that airborne asbestos fibre levels are likely to be less than one half of the asbestos exposure standard.

    (2)     If an employer or self-employed person is an asbestos removal licence holder, any periods during which the employer or self-employed person perform asbestos removal work in accordance with the asbestos removal licence are not to be counted for the purpose of calculating the total amount of time the employer or self‑employed person performs asbestos removal work during a 7‑day period for the purposes of subregulation (1)(a)(ii) or (b)(ii).