WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS (NO 59 OF 2011) - REG 426 Review of asbestos register

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS (NO 59 OF 2011) - REG 426

A person with management or control of a workplace where an asbestos register is kept must ensure that the register is reviewed and as necessary revised if:

(a)     the asbestos management plan is reviewed under regulation 430; or

(b)     further asbestos or ACM is identified at the workplace; or

(c)     asbestos is removed from, or disturbed, sealed or enclosed at, the workplace.

Maximum penalty:

(a)     in the case of an individual – $3 600.

(b)     in the case of a body corporate – $18 000.

Note for regulation 426

Strict liability applies to each physical element of this offence. See section 12B of the Act.