Western Australian Current Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (MINES) REGULATIONS 2022 - REG 422

422 .         Asbestos to be identified or assumed at workplace

        (1)         A person with management or control of a workplace must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that all asbestos or ACM at the workplace is identified by a competent person.

        Penalty for this subregulation:

            (a)         for an individual, a fine of $7 000;

            (b)         for a body corporate, a fine of $35 000.

        (2)         A person with management or control of a workplace must —

            (a)         if material at the workplace cannot be identified but a competent person reasonably believes that the material is asbestos or ACM — assume that the material is asbestos; and

            (b)         if part of the workplace is inaccessible to workers and likely to contain asbestos or ACM — assume that asbestos is present in the part of the workplace.

        (3)         Subregulation (1) does not apply if the person —

            (a)         assumes that asbestos or ACM is present; or

            (b)         has reasonable grounds to believe that asbestos or ACM is not present.

        (4)         If asbestos or ACM is assumed to be present at a workplace, it is taken to be identified at the workplace.