Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 483

483 Decontamination facilities

(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking for which asbestos-related work is carried out must ensure that facilities are available to decontaminate the following—

(a) the asbestos-related work area;

(b) any plant used in the asbestos-related work area;

(c) workers carrying out the asbestos-related work.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.

(2) The person must ensure that nothing that is likely to be contaminated with asbestos is removed from the asbestos-related work area unless the thing—

(a) is decontaminated before being removed; or

(b) is sealed in a container, and the exterior of the container is—

(i) decontaminated; and

(ii) labelled in accordance with the GHS to indicate the presence of asbestos;

before being removed.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.