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Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency Act 2013

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Asbestos safety and eradication agency bill 2013

The Australian Government is delivering a new national plan to prevent exposure to asbestos fibres in order to eliminate asbestos-related disease in Australia. The Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency Bill will provide for the establishment of a national agency, known as the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency.

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BackgroundAustralia was one of the highest per capita users of asbestos in the world. As a direct consequence of this high usage, recent studies have indicated that the incidence of asbestos related disease, such as mesothelioma is increasing. While asbestos-related diseases have traditionally been linked to workers who had direct contact with the material (such as through mining or by working with asbestos in manufacturing processes), there is now evidence to suggest a developing demographic in the wider population including home renovators and their families who are being exposed to asbestos fibres through unsafe removal practices, poor maintenance or damage of asbestos containing materials

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Background Con’tRegulation of asbestos issues is a matter for all levels of government in Australia. The prevalence of asbestos in our built and natural environment also means that asbestos regulation spans multiple areas of government, including health, environment, urban planning and workplace health and safety. The involvement of multiple governments across these diverse areas means that efforts to address asbestos issues have been fragmented and duplicative.

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Who has duties to manage and control asbestos or ACM? 

The WHS Regulations require a person with management or control of a workplace to ensure an asbestos register is prepared and kept at the workplace. The asbestos register must be maintained, reviewed and if necessary revised. Person with management or control of a workplace • Must ensure an asbestos register is prepared, maintained, reviewed and kept at the workplace. It must be readily available to workers, their health and safety representatives and other persons• Must ensure when management or control of the workplace is relinquished, a copy of the asbestos register is given to the person assuming management or control  

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Independent Inspections /FWR Group Pty Ltd

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