Australian Capital Territory
Building (asbestos code – minor maintenance work) Determination 2006
Disallowable Instrument DI2006-175
made under the  
Building Act 2004, s 139B (1) (Asbestos code)
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

The Building Act 2004 (the Act), at section 139B (1) (as amended by the Asbestos Legislation Amendment Act 2006), provides the Minister may approve, in writing, certain codes of practice for the purposes of the Act.  The purpose of the codes of practice may be to set out practices, standards and other matters about building work if the work involves the use, handling or disposal of asbestos.

Pursuant to Sections 15, 65 and 83 of the Act, minor maintenance work is exempted from the building approval process provided this work is done in accordance with an asbestos code.

This instrument establishes the asbestos code of practice in relation to minor maintenance work as the NOHSC Code of Practice for the Management and Control of Asbestos in the Workplace, published by the Office of the Australian Safety and Compensation Council

This instrument also provides that the asbestos code and any other related documents are to be made available for inspection by members of the public between 9am and 4.30pm on business days at the ACT Planning and Land Authority shopfront, Dame Pattie Menzies House, 16 Challis Street, Dickson