Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency Rule 2022 (Cth)

Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency Rule 2022

I, Michaelia Cash, Minister for Industrial Relations, make the following rule.

Dated 6 April 2022                                         

Michaelia Cash

Minister for Industrial Relations

Contents

1  Name........................................................................................................................................ 1

2  Commencement........................................................................................................................ 1

3  Authority.................................................................................................................................. 1

4  Definitions................................................................................................................................ 1

5  Functions of the Agency.......................................................................................................... 1

1  Name

This instrument is the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency Rule 2022.

2  Commencement

(1)  Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1.  The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

This instrument is made under the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency Act 2013.

4  Definitions

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 3 of the Act, including the following:

(a)    Agency;

(b)    asbestos safety.

In this instrument:

Act means the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency Act 2013.

5  Functions of the Agency

For the purposes of paragraph 8(1)(g) of the Act, the Agency has the following functions:

(a)  to raise awareness of asbestos safety, including by developing and promoting materials on asbestos safety;

(b)  to collect and analyse data required for measuring progress on preventing exposure to asbestos fibres and for informing evidence-based policies and strategies;

(c)  to promote consistent messages, policies and practices in relation to asbestos safety.