South Australian Current Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 472

472—Disposing of asbestos waste and contaminated personal protective equipment

        (1)         Subject to subregulations (2) and (3), an asbestos removalist must ensure that asbestos waste—

            (a)         is contained and labelled in accordance with the GHS before the waste is removed from an asbestos removal area; and

            (b)         is disposed of as soon as practicable at a site authorised to accept asbestos waste.

Maximum penalty:

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

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

        (2)         An asbestos removalist must ensure that personal protective equipment used in asbestos removal work and contaminated with asbestos—

            (a)         is sealed in a container before being removed from an asbestos waste area; and

            (b)         so far as is reasonably practicable, is disposed of on the completion of the asbestos removal work at a site authorised to accept asbestos waste; and

            (c)         if it is not reasonably practicable to dispose of the personal protective equipment that is clothing—

                  (i)         in the case of clothing used by an emergency service organisation—is laundered by an organisation that supplies and maintains equipment for emergency service organisations; or

                  (ii)         in any other case or if it is not practicable to launder the clothing—is kept in the sealed container until it is re-used for asbestos removal purposes; and

            (d)         if it is not reasonably practicable to dispose of the personal protective equipment that is not clothing—

                  (i)         is decontaminated before it is removed from the asbestos removal area; or

                  (ii)         if it is not practicable to decontaminate the equipment in the asbestos removal area—is kept in the sealed container until it is re-used for asbestos removal purposes.

Example—

Work boots.

Maximum penalty:

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

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

        (3)         An asbestos removalist must ensure that a sealed container referred to in subregulation (2) is decontaminated and labelled in accordance with the GHS to indicate the presence of asbestos before being removed from the asbestos removal area.

Maximum penalty:

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

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