Workplace Health and Safety Amendment (Asbestos Removal) Regulations 2011
I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 .
20 April 2011PETER G. UNDERWOOD
Governor
By His Excellency's Command,
DAVID J. O'BYRNE
Minister for Workplace Relations
These regulations may be cited as the Workplace Health and Safety Amendment (Asbestos Removal) Regulations 2011 .
These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
In these regulations, the Workplace Health and Safety Regulations 1998 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.
4. Schedule 1 amended (Definitions)
Clause 1 of Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting the definition of exempt removal work and substituting the following definition:exempt removal work means –(a) the removal of asbestos cement or another similar non-friable product containing asbestos –(i) from an area that does not exceed 10 square metres; and(ii) over a period not exceeding 2 hours in any 7-day period; and(b) the taking of asbestos samples for analysis or other testing; and(c) any other removal work determined by the Director to be exempt;
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 27 April 2011
These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the regulation)
These regulations amend the Workplace Health and Safety Regulations 1998 by amending the definition of "exempt removal work" so that asbestos material may only be removed by a person who is not a licensed removalist if it is removed from an area not exceeding 10 square metres and over a period that in any 7-day period does not exceed 2 hours.