Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations In this Division,
unless the contrary intention appears —
asbestos means the asbestiform variety of mineral
silicates belonging to the serpentine or amphibole groups of
rock‑forming minerals and includes actinolite, amosite, anthophyllite,
chrysotile, crocidolite, tremolite, and any mixture containing 2 or more
of those;
material containing asbestos means
material —
(a)
which contains 0.001% or more of asbestos fibres weight/weight; and
(b) in
which fibrous material is able to be detected by stereoscopic light microscopy
at a magnification of not less than 10 times and not greater than
40 times; and
(c) in
which the fibrous material is able to be identified as asbestos by polarised
light microscopy at a magnification of not greater than 400 times or by a
method approved by the Chief Health Officer under the Health (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act 1911 ;
waste facility means a waste facility of the kind
referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of waste facility
in regulation 2.
[Regulation 42 amended: Gazette 1 Aug 2014
p. 2813; 10 Jan 2017 p. 194.]