Victorian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 304

    (1)     If there is uncertainty (based on reasonable grounds) as to whether an activity is an asbestos‑related activity, the employer must—

        (a)     assume that asbestos is present; or

        (b)     arrange for analysis of a sample to be undertaken.

Note

Act compliance—sections 21 and 23 (see regulation 7).

    (2)     If asbestos is assumed to be present under subregulation (1), it is taken to be identified for the purposes of this Division.