Australian Capital Territory
Dangerous Substances (Code of Practice for the Management and Control of Asbestos in Workplaces) Approval 2012
Disallowable instrument DI2012–237
made under the  
Dangerous Substances Act 2004, s 219 (Codes of practice)
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Section 219 of the Dangerous Substances Act 2004 (the Act) provides that the Minister may approve a code of practice setting out guidelines for the Act.

This instrument approves the Code of Practice for the Management and Control of Asbestos in Workplaces [NOHSC: 2018 (2005)] as a Code of Practice for the Act. 

This Code of Practice has been developed to assist persons with control of premises and/or plant to control the risks of asbestos-containing materials (ACM) in workplaces and applies to all workplaces where ACM remain, or are likely to remain, in situ. 

All work covered by this Code of Practice involving a potential exposure of people to asbestos should be carried out in accordance with the Code in so far as that is consistent with relevant laws in the Territory that provide for asbestos management.

This Code was previously adopted as a Code of Practice under the Work Safety Act 2008, which has now been repealed.

The approval under section 219 is a disallowable instrument.

The instrument commences on the day after notification.