Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) A person
conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must ensure that a
competent person carries out air monitoring of the work area where
asbestos‑related work is being carried out if there is uncertainty as to
whether the exposure standard is likely to be exceeded.
Penalty for this subregulation:
(a) for
an individual, a fine of $7 000;
(b) for
a body corporate, a fine of $35 000.
(2) If the competent
person determines that the exposure standard has been exceeded at any time in
a work area, the person conducting the business or undertaking must, so far as
is reasonably practicable —
(a)
determine the workers and other persons who were in the work area during that
time: and
(b) warn
those workers about possible exposure to respirable asbestos fibres; and
(c) warn
the other persons about possible exposure to respirable asbestos fibres.
Penalty for this subregulation:
(a) for
an individual, a fine of $7 000;
(b) for
a body corporate, a fine of $35 000.
(3) The person
conducting the business or undertaking must ensure that information about
exposure to respirable asbestos fibres, including the determination made by
the competent person and the results of the air monitoring, is readily
accessible to the workers and other persons referred to in
subregulation (2).
Penalty for this subregulation:
(a) for
an individual, a fine of $4 200;
(b) for
a body corporate, a fine of $21 000.