Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) In this
regulation —
asbestos removalist licence means a licence issued
under regulation 5.44, as in force immediately before
1 March 2010;
demolition licence means a licence issued under
regulation 3.116(2) to do class 1, class 2 or class 3 demolition work.
(2) A person holding,
immediately before 1 March 2010, an asbestos removalist licence is
to be taken to have been granted an unrestricted licence that expires on the
day the asbestos removalist licence would have expired, and has effect subject
to —
(a)
these regulations; and
(b) such
conditions, if any, as the Commissioner sees fit and imposes by written notice
to the holder of the asbestos removalist licence.
(3) A person holding,
immediately before 1 March 2010, a demolition licence is to be taken
to have been granted a restricted licence that expires on the day the
demolition licence expires, and has effect subject to —
(a)
these regulations; and
(b) such
conditions, if any, as the Commissioner sees fit and imposes by written notice
to the holder of the demolition licence.
(4) Nothing in
subregulation (3) affects a person’s authority under a demolition
licence.
(5) A person is not
required to comply with regulation 5.45(2A) in respect of asbestos work
at a workplace if the asbestos work is done —
(a)
within the period that begins on 1 March 2010 and ends on
31 May 2010; and
(b) in
accordance with Part 9 of the Code of Practice for the Safe Removal of
Asbestos 2 nd Edition [NOHSC: 2002 (2005)].
(6)
Subregulation 5 does not apply to asbestos work involving more than
200 m² of asbestos cement roofing.
[Regulation 5.53A inserted in Gazette
22 Dec 2009 p. 5249‑50.]