Health (Asbestos) Regulations 1992 (WA)

Western Australia Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1911 Health (Asbestos) Regulations 1992 Western Australia Health (Asbestos) Regulations 1992 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Citation 1 2. Interpretation 1 3. Local laws 2 4. Asbestos declared hazardous 2 Part 2 — Asbestos cement product 6. Sale or supply of an asbestos cement product 3 7. Use of asbestos cement product 3 7A. Asbestos dwelling‑houses 5 Part 3 — Material containing asbestos 8. Directions by authorised officer 7 8A. Payment for work done in default 7 9. Chief Health Officer may prohibit or restrict use, sale or supply of material containing asbestos 8 Part 4 — Disposal of material containing asbestos 11. Asbestos for disposal to be separated and contained 9 12. Duty to notify others of presence of asbestos 9 Part 5 — Miscellaneous 14. Power to take sample 11 15. Offence by owner 11 15A. Offence by principal, employer or contractor 11 15B. Expense incurred by CEO, Chief Health Officer or local government 12 15C. Penalties for continuing offences 12 15D. Infringement notices 12 Schedule 1 — Prescribed offences and modified penalties Schedule 2 — Infringement notice Schedule 3 — Notice to withdraw infringement notice Notes Compilation table 20 Defined terms Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1911 Health (Asbestos) Regulations 1992

Part 1 — Preliminary

1. Citation These regulations may be cited as the Health (Asbestos) Regulations 1992.

2. Interpretation In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears — asbestos means the asbestiform variety of mineral silicates belonging to the serpentine or amphibole groups of rock‑forming minerals and includes actinolite, amosite, anthophyllite, chrysotile, crocidolite, tremolite, and any mixture containing 2 or more of those; asbestos cement product means a product or part of a product containing asbestos in a cement binder; dwelling‑house does not include any associated structure or outbuilding that is not an integral part of a dwelling‑house's structure; material containing asbestos means material in which — (a) fibrous material is able to be detected by stereoscopic light microscopy at a magnification of not less than 10 times and not greater than 40 times; and (b) the fibrous material is able to be identified as asbestos by polarised light microscopy at a magnification of not greater than 400 times or by a method approved by the Chief Health Officer. [Regulation 2 amended: Gazette 28 Jun 1994 p. 3016; 29 Dec 2000 p. 7908; 10 Jan 2017 p. 261 and 262.]