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of activities that could pose a risk to health:
    * Forklifts driving adjacent to asbestos cement (AC) sheet walls may damage these sheets from accidental impacts during the course of work.
    * Plumbers working on a long pipe that does not have asbestos insulation where the work is being done may cause disturbance to asbestos-containing insulation on the pipe some metres away.
    * Electricians wiring in a ceiling space sprayed with material containing friable asbestos may disturb this material.
    * Acid fumes from an acid bath located next to an asbestos cement wall and below an asbestos cement roof may cause deterioration of the asbestos material over time.

3.             ASBESTOS REGISTER

This chapter does not apply to domestic premises or NOA.

Regulation 425 A person with management or control of a workplace must ensure an asbestos register is prepared and kept at the workplace. The asbestos register must be maintained, to ensure the information in the register is up-to-date.
Note: An asbestos register is not required to be prepared when:
    * the workplace is a building that was constructed after 31 December 2003, and
    * no asbestos has been identified at the workplace, and
    * no asbestos is likely to be present at the workplace from time to time.

3.1         What is an asbestos register?
The asbestos register is a document that lists all identified (or assumed) asbestos in a workplace. The asbestos register must:
    * record any asbestos or ACM that has been identified or is likely to be present at the workplace from time to time. This would include:
       * the date on which the asbestos or ACM was identified
       * the location, type and condition of the asbestos; or
    * state that no asbestos or ACM is identified at the workplace if the person knows that no asbestos or ACM is identified or is likely to be present from time to time at the workplace.
Appendix C provides a template of an asbestos register, while Appendix D provides an example of how it should be completed.
A comprehensive asbestos register may also include:
    * details of any asbestos assumed to be in the workplace
    * results of any analysis that confirms a material at the workplace is or is not asbestos
    * dates when the identification was carried out
    * details of inaccessible areas.
It may also be useful to attach photographs or drawings to visually show the location of the asbestos or ACM in the workplace.

What if an asbestos register already exists at the workplace?
If an asbestos register already exists at the workplace there is no need to create another one.
The existing register can be reviewed and revised.
Persons conducting a business or