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or ACM is identified at the workplace, or
    * asbestos is removed from or disturbed, sealed or enclosed at the workplace.
The register should be reviewed at least once every five years to ensure it is kept up-to-date.
When reviewing the asbestos register, the person should carry out a visual inspection of the asbestos and ACM listed to determine its condition and revise the asbestos register as appropriate. Previous asbestos registers and records relating to asbestos removal jobs, for instance clearance certificates, can assist in identifying all asbestos and ACM in the workplace.

3.3         Accessing an asbestos register
Regulation 427 The person with management or control of the workplace must ensure the asbestos register is readily accessible to:
    * a worker who has carried out, carries out or intends to carry out work at the workplace
    * health and safety representatives who represent workers that carry out or intend to carry out work at the workplace
    * a person conducting a business or undertaking who has carried out, carries out or intends to carry out work at the workplace, and
    * a person conducting a business or undertaking who has required, requires or intends to require work to be carried out at the workplace.
Where work is being carried out or is about to be carried out at the workplace by a person conducting a business or undertaking and that work involves a risk of exposure to airborne asbestos, the person with management or control of the workplace must provide a copy of the asbestos register to that person.
A copy of the asbestos register should be kept at the workplace to ensure it is accessible.

3.4         Transferring an asbestos register
Regulation 428 If the person with management or control of a workplace plans to relinquish management or control (for instance, selling the workplace or the business or undertaking), they must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that a copy of the asbestos register is given to the person who is assuming management or control of the workplace.

4.             ASBESTOS MANAGEMENT PLAN

Regulation 429 A person with management or control of a workplace must ensure a written asbestos management plan is prepared for the workplace if asbestos or ACM has been identified or assumed present, or is likely to be present from time to time at the workplace.
The asbestos management plan must be maintained to ensure the information is up-to-date.
This requirement does not apply to domestic premises.

4.1         What is an asbestos management plan?
An asbestos management plan sets out how asbestos or ACM that is identified at the workplace will be managed, for example what, when and how it is going to be done.
An asbestos