Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS 1996 - REG 5.49

5.49 .         Further duties as to exposure to asbestos dust

        (1)         A person who, at a workplace that is an asbestos work area, is an employer, the main contractor, a self‑employed person or the person having control of the workplace must ensure that, as far as is practicable, no person in the asbestos work area is exposed to asbestos dust.

        (2)         Without limiting regulation 5.20, a person to whom subregulation (1) applies must ensure that if it is likely that a person in or entering the asbestos work area may be exposed to asbestos dust then that person is provided with appropriate personal protective clothing or equipment.

        (3)         A person who, at a workplace, is an employer, the main contractor, a self‑employed person or the person having control of the workplace must ensure that on completion of any asbestos work at the workplace the workplace is left in a clean and safe condition either by washing or vacuuming and that any asbestos‑containing material is not left in such a state that asbestos dust may be dispersed into the atmosphere.

        Penalty applicable to subregulations (1), (2) and (3): the regulation 1.16 penalty.

        [Regulation 5.49 amended in Gazette 14 Dec 2004 p. 6018; 22 Dec 2009 p. 5248.]

[ 5.50, 5.51.         Deleted in Gazette 22 Dec 2009 p. 5248.]