New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2001 - REG 44

44 Record keeping-register of asbestos

A controller of premises must ensure that:

(a) a register, in which the type, condition and location of all asbestos and asbestos-containing material in any place of work is recorded, is prepared and maintained, and

(b) any action taken to control asbestos and asbestos-containing material in the place of work or in plant at the place of work is recorded in the register, including details of:

(i) any assessment concerning the asbestos that took place before the work was carried out, and

(ii) if the work was carried out by a contractor rather than by an employee of the controller, the name of the person who carried out the work, and

(iii) the date on which the work was carried out, and

(c) all occupiers of the place of work are provided with a copy of the register and all updates to it.

Maximum penalty: Level 3.