Why Do You Need a Register. .
The first question everyone asks! Below are the answers to this question –
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First and foremost to protect the health and safety of employees, trades working on your property, emergency services and visitors from exposure to life threatening diseases.
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To comply with current legislation, namely the Work Health & Safety Act 2011 and Work Health & Safety regulation 2011.
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"Regulation 425 A person with management or control of a workplace must ensure an asbestos register is prepared and kept at the workplace” Under the Work Health and Safety Legislation a workplace is defined as "A workplace is a place where work is carried out for a business or undertaking and includes any place where a worker goes, or is likely to be, while at work.”
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So you can alert emergency services and trades engaged to carry out works on your property to the presence of asbestos.
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To plan for a property eventually free of asbestos containing materials
Consequences Of Not Complying . .
The following table of fines has been assembled from Part 8.3 "Management Of Asbestos and Associated Risks” of the Work Health & Safety Regulation 2011. Please note that fines and penalties are not just limited to this part and these listed below and are subject to change -
| CLAUSE | SHORT DETAILS | PENALTY - Individual | PENALTY - Body Corporate |
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422 |
Asbestos to be identified or assumed at workplace |
$6,000.00 |
$30,000.00 |
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423 |
Analysis of sample |
$1250.00 |
$6,000.00 |
|
424 |
Presence and location of asbestos to be indicated |
$6,000.00 |
$30,000.00 |
|
425 |
Asbestos register |
$7,200.00 |
$36,000.00 |
|
426 |
Review of asbestos register |
$3,600.00 |
$18,000.00 |
|
427 |
Access to asbestos register |
$7,200.00 |
$36,000.00 |
|
428 |
Transfer of asbestos register by person relinquishing management or control |
$3,600.00 |
$18,000.00 |
|
429 |
Asbestos management plan |
$15,600.00 |
$90,000.00 |
|
430 |
Review of asbestos management plan |
$3,600.00 |
$18,000.00 |