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Work Health and Safety (How to Manage and Control Asbestos in the Workplace) Code of Practice 2015

made under the

Work Health and Safety Act 2011, section 274 (Approved Codes of Practice)

1 Name of instrument

This instrument is the Work Health and Safety (How to Manage and Control Asbestos in the Workplace) Code of Practice 2015.

2 Commencement

This instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

3 Code of Practice Approval

I approve the How to Manage and Control Asbestos in the Workplace Code of Practice. I am satisfied that this code of practice was developed by a process described in section 274(2) of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011.

Michaelia Cash
Minister for Employment

18 March 2016

Date

HOW TO MANAGE
AND CONTROL ASBESTOS
IN THE WORKPLACE

Code of Practice

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD
1. INTRODUCTION

    1.1 What are the prohibitions on asbestos in the workplace?

    1.2 Who has duties to manage and control asbestos or ACM?

    1.3 The meaning of key terms
2. MANAGING RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH ASBESTOS AND ACM

    2.1 what is involved in managing risks?

    2.2 Identifying if asbestos or ACM is at the workplace

    2.3 Assuming asbestos or ACM is present

    2.4 Arranging a sample to identify asbestos

    2.5 Indicating the presence of asbestos in the workplace

    2.6 Assessing the risk of exposure
3. ASBESTOS REGISTER

    3.1 What is an asbestos register?

    3.2 Reviewing and revising an asbestos register

    3.3 Accessing an asbestos register

    3.4 Transferring an asbestos register
4. ASBESTOS MANAGEMENT PLAN

    4.1 What is an asbestos management plan?

    4.2 Reviewing an asbestos management plan

    4.3 Accessing an asbestos management plan
5. MANAGING OTHER ASBESTOs-related risks

    5.1 Naturally occurring asbestos

    5.2 Contaminated sites

    5.3 Demolition and refurbishment work

    5.4 Asbestos-related work

    5.5 Disposing of asbestos or ACM
6. MANAGING EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS OR ACM

    6.1 Measuring the exposure standard

    6.2 Health monitoring

    6.3 Training workers about asbestos or ACM

    6.4 Limited use of equipment
7. CONTROLLING THE RISKS

    7.1 Removing asbestos

    7.2 Enclosing asbestos

    7.3 Encapsulation and sealing asbestos

    7.4 Tools and equipment

    7.5 Safe work practices

    7.6 Personal protective equipment

    7.7 Laundering clothing

    7.8 Cleaning up
APPENDIX A – SAMPLING PROCESS
APPENDIX B – EXAMPLES OF WARNING SIGNS AND LABELS
APPENDIX C – TEMPLATE OF AN ASBESTOS REGISTER
APPENDIX D – EXAMPLE OF AN ASBESTOS REGISTER
APPENDIX E – EXAMPLE OF ASBESTOS-RELATED WORK
APPENDIX F – RECOMMENDED SAFE WORKING PRACTICES

FOREWORD
This Code of Practice on how to manage and control asbestos in the workplace is an approved code of practice under section 274 of the Work Health and Safety Act (the WHS Act).
An approved code of practice is a practical