Occupational Health and Safety Amendment (Licensed Asbestos Removal Work) Regulation 2007 (NSW)
2007 No 216
New South Wales
Occupational Health and Safety
Amendment (Licensed Asbestos
Removal Work) Regulation 2007
under the
Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000
Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000.
JOHN DELLA BOSCA, M.L.C.,
Minister Assisting the Minister for Finance
Explanatory note
At present, Chapter 10 of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation 2001 requires a person carrying on the business of bonded asbestos removal work to be licensed unless the work is done for the purpose of obtaining a sample of asbestos or is done in relation to less than 200 square metres of bonded asbestos material.
The object of this Regulation is to reduce the total surface area of the bonded asbestos material in respect of which a person may carry on bonded asbestos removal work without a licence from an area of less than 200 square metres to an area of:
| (a) | less than 50 square metres in relation to certain work commenced between 1 July 2007 and 31 December 2007, and |
(b) less than 10 square metres in relation to work commenced on or after 1 January 2008. This Regulation is made under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000, including section 35.
| Published in Gazette No 70 of 25 May 2007, page 2956 | Page 1 |
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| Clause 1 | Work) Regulation 2007 |
Occupational Health and Safety Amendment (Licensed
Asbestos Removal Work) Regulation 2007
under the
Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000
1 Name of Regulation
This Regulation is the Occupational Health and Safety Amendment
(Licensed Asbestos Removal Work) Regulation 2007.
2 Amendment of Occupational Health and Safety Regulation 2001
The Occupational Health and Safety Regulation 2001 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.
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| Amendments | Schedule 1 |
| Schedule 1 | Amendments |
(Clause 2)
[1] Clause 317 Definitions
Omit “200 square metres” from paragraph (d) (ii) of the definition of licensed work in clause 317 (1).
Insert instead “the maximum allowable area specified in subclause (3)”.
[2] Clause 317 (3)
Insert after clause 317 (2):
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (d) (ii) of the definition of licensed
work in subclause (1), the maximum allowable area is:
(a) 200 square metres in relation to work commenced before 1 July 2007 and completed before: (i) 1 July 2007, or
(ii) the day that is 2 months after the commencement of that work,
whichever is the later, or
(b) 50 square metres in relation to work commenced on or after 1 July 2007, but before 1 January 2008, and completed before:
(i) 1 January 2008, or (ii) the day that is 2 months after the commencement of that work, whichever is the later, or
(c)
10 square metres in relation to work commenced on or after 1 January 2008.
BY AUTHORITY
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