Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 473

473 Clearance inspection

(1) This section applies if a person commissions licensed asbestos removal work at a workplace.

(2) The person or, if the workplace is domestic premises, the licensed asbestos removalist must ensure that, when the licensed asbestos removal work is completed, a clearance inspection of the asbestos removal area at the workplace is carried out by—

(a) if the asbestos removal work must be carried out by the holder of a class A asbestos removal licence—an independent licensed asbestos assessor; or

(b) in any other case—an independent competent person.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.

(3) In this section—

"clearance inspection" is an inspection of an asbestos removal area after asbestos removal work has been completed to verify that the area is safe for normal use, that—

(a) includes a visual inspection; and

(b) may include air monitoring.

Note—

WHS Act — section 19 (see section 9 ).

(4) If it is not reasonably practicable for the licensed asbestos assessor or competent person to be independent, the person or licensed asbestos removalist may apply to the regulator for an exemption under part 11.2 from the requirement that the assessor or competent person be independent.