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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (MARITIME INDUSTRY) (NATIONAL STANDARDS) REGULATIONS 2003 2003 NO. 324 - SCHEDULE 1

Scheduled carcinogenic substances

(regulations 2.03, 2.20 and 2.21)

Item


Substance (identified by substance name)


Circumstance


1


Actinolite asbestos


All circumstances other than the following:

(a) removal or disposal of actinolite in accordance with:
(i) a law of a State or Territory relating to the removal of asbestos; or
(ii) if no such law applies — the Code of Practice for the Safe Removal of Asbestos [NOHSC:2002 (1988)];
(b) disturbance of naturally occurring actinolite that is incidental to operations not related to the extraction or processing of actinolite, for example, roadworks


2


Amosite (brown asbestos)


All circumstances other than the following:

(a) removal or disposal of amosite in accordance with:
(i) a law of a State or Territory relating to the removal of asbestos; or
(ii) if no such law applies — the Code of Practice for the Safe Removal of Asbestos [NOHSC:2002 (1988)];




(b) disturbance of naturally occurring amosite that is incidental to operations not related to the extraction or processing of amosite, for example, roadworks


3


Anthophyllite asbestos


All circumstances other than the following:

(a) removal or disposal of anthophyllite in accordance with:
(i) a law of a State or Territory relating to the removal of asbestos; or
(ii) if no such law applies — the Code of Practice for the Safe Removal of Asbestos [NOHSC:2002 (1988)];
(b) disturbance of naturally occurring anthophyllite that is incidental to operations not related to the extraction or processing of anthophyllite, for example, roadworks


4


Chrysotile (white asbestos)


All circumstances other than the following:

(a) removal or disposal of chrysotile in accordance with:
(i) a law of a State or Territory relating to the removal of asbestos; or
(ii) if no such law applies — the Code of Practice for the Safe Removal of Asbestos [NOHSC:2002 (1988)];
(b) disturbance of naturally occurring chrysotile that is incidental to operations not related to the extraction or processing of chrysotile, for example, roadworks;




(c) use (without disturbance) of chrysotile in products that are in situ


5


Crocidolite (blue asbestos)


All circumstances other than the following:

(a) removal or disposal of crocidolite in accordance with:
(i) a law of a State or Territory relating to the removal of asbestos; or
(ii) if no such law applies — the Code of Practice for the Safe Removal of Asbestos [NOHSC:2002 (1988)];
(b) disturbance of naturally occurring crocidolite that is incidental to operations not related to the extraction or processing of crocidolite, for example, roadworks


6


Tremolite asbestos


All circumstances other than the following:

(a) removal or disposal of tremolite in accordance with:
(i) a law of a State or Territory relating to the removal of asbestos; or
(ii) if no such law applies — the Code of Practice for the Safe Removal of Asbestos [NOHSC:2002 (1988)];
(b) disturbance of naturally occurring tremolite that is incidental to operations not related to the extraction or processing of tremolite, for example, roadworks


Note    Schedule 1 is not an exhaustive list of carcinogens used in workplaces. The absence of a substance from the Schedule should not be presumed to be indicative of the absence of a carcinogenic hazard.


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