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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 197A

Definitions

197A Definitions

In this division--

"asbestos" means the asbestiform varieties of mineral silicates belonging to the serpentine or amphibole groups of rock forming minerals, including the following--

(a) actinolite asbestos,
(b) grunerite (or amosite) asbestos (brown),
(c) anthophyllite asbestos,
(d) chrysotile asbestos (white),
(e) crocidolite asbestos (blue),
(f) tremolite asbestos,
(g) a mixture that contains 1 or more of the minerals referred to in paragraphs (a) to (f).

"asbestos containing material" (
"ACM" ) means any material or thing that, as part of its design, contains asbestos.

"prohibited asbestos" means asbestos or ACM, fixed or installed in a workplace on or after 31 December 2003.

"relevant person" in relation to a workplace means--
(a) a person conducting a business or undertaking at the workplace, or
(b) a person with management or control of the workplace, or
(c) a person with management or control of fixtures, fittings or plant at the workplace, or
(d) a person who the regulator reasonably believes is or was involved in, or caused, whether directly or indirectly, the fixing or installing of prohibited asbestos at the workplace.


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