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steps to ensure that the business or undertaking has and uses appropriate resources and processes to eliminate or minimise risks associated with asbestos.
Workers have a duty to take reasonable care for their own health and safety and that they do not adversely affect the health and safety of other persons. They must comply with any reasonable instruction and cooperate with any reasonable policy or procedure relating to health and safety at the workplace. If PPE is provided by the person conducting the business or undertaking, the worker must use it in accordance with information, instruction and training provided on their use.

Consultation
There are a number of specific duties in both the WHS Act and WHS Regulations that require consultation with others throughout the asbestos removal process. Communicating and consulting with a range of people helps to increase the awareness of the potential health and safety risks of asbestos.
An asbestos removalist must consult with persons that may be affected by the asbestos removal work, as well as other responsible persons at the workplace, to eliminate or minimise the exposure to the risks associated with asbestos, for example site management or the project manager, workers, health and safety representatives, contractors, building occupants and others. This also includes speaking with neighbours and other businesses where the asbestos removal work is occurring at domestic premises.
Further guidance on consultation is available in the Code of Practice: Work Health and Safety Consultation, Cooperation and Coordination.

1.2         The meaning of key terms
Airborne asbestos means any fibres of asbestos small enough to be made airborne. For the purposes of monitoring airborne asbestos fibres, only respirable fibres are counted.
Asbestos means the asbestiform varieties of mineral silicates belonging to the serpentine or amphibole groups of rock forming minerals, including actinolite asbestos, grunerite (or amosite) asbestos (brown), anthophyllite asbestos, chrysotile asbestos (white), crocidolite asbestos (blue) and tremolite asbestos or a mixture of any of these.
Asbestos containing material (ACM) means any material or thing that, as part of its design, contains asbestos.
Asbestos-contaminated dust or debris (ACD) means dust or debris that has settled within a workplace and is (or is assumed to be) contaminated with asbestos.
Asbestos-related work means work involving asbestos (other than asbestos removal work to which Part 8.7 of the WHS Regulations applies) that is permitted under the exceptions set out in regulation 419(3), (4) and (5).
Asbestos removalist means a person conducting a business or undertaking who carries out asbestos removal work.
Asbestos removal work means:
    * work involving the removal of asbestos or ACM
    * Class A asbestos removal work or Class B asbestos removal work as outlined in Part 8.10 of the WHS Regulations.
Competent person in relation