Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2011 - REG 424

    A person with management or control of a workplace must ensure that:

  (a)   the presence and location of asbestos or ACM identified at the workplace under regulation   422 is clearly indicated; and

  (b)   if it is reasonably practicable to do so, indicate the presence and location of the asbestos or ACM by a label.

Penalty:

  (a)   In the case of an individual--$6   000.

  (b)   In the case of a body corporate--$30   000.

Note:   Section   12F of the Act provides that strict liability applies to each physical element of each offence under the Act, unless otherwise stated. The reference in section   12F of the Act includes these Regulations.