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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2004 Week 10 Hansard (Wednesday, 25 August 2004) . . Page.. 4281 ..

4A Meaning  of building work—Act, s 6 (2) (a) and (b)

(1) Building work includes building work that involves the handling of asbestos or disturbance of loose asbestos.

(2) The handling of asbestos, or disturbance of loose asbestos, by an inspector, for the purpose of taking a sample under the Dangerous Substances Act 2004, chapter 3A (Asbestos) is not building work.

Examples of handling of asbestos or disturbance of loose asbestos

1 removal of asbestos

2 cutting a hole in a sheet of asbestos

Note An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).

(3) This regulation expires on 1 September 2006.

4B Meaning  of specialist building work—Act, s 9 (b)

(1) Specialist building work includes building work that involves the handling of asbestos or disturbance of loose asbestos.

(2) For subregulation (1), the handling of asbestos does not include the handling of stable asbestos cement sheeting that forms part of a residential building.

(3) This regulation expires on 1 September 2006.

[1.3] New regulation 12A 

insert

12A Building approval for asbestos removal—Act, s 26 (3) 

(1) For an application in relation to building work that involves the removal of stable asbestos cement sheeting from a residential building, the application must describe the method proposed to be used to remove the sheeting from the building.

(2) For an application in relation to building work that involves the removal of asbestos (other than stable asbestos cement sheeting) from a residential building, the following information must be included:

(a) the method proposed to be used to remove the asbestos;

(b) the approximate quantity and kind of asbestos to be removed;

(c) the equipment proposed to be used to remove the asbestos, including any personal protective equipment;

(d) details of a program (prepared in accordance with the building code) for monitoring airborne asbestos.

(3) This regulation expires on 1 September 2006.

[1.4] New regulation 14A 

insert

14A Requirements  for plans for asbestos removal—Act, s 27 (1) (a)

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