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Legislation that applies to asbestos removalAsbestos removal work that requires a licenceFriable asbestos44. Asbestos removal work involving friable ACM must always be performed bya class A-licensed person or employees of a class A-licensed person.Non-friable asbestos45. Asbestos removal work involving non-friable ACM must be performed bya class A or B-licensed person if:• the area of ACM to be removed exceeds 10 square metres in total, or• the total time over which asbestos removal work is performed in any periodof seven days exceeds one hour (this period is the cumulative total timethe asbestos removal work is carried out by all employees over a periodof seven days).Friable asbestos: Asbestos material which, when dry, can be crumbled,pulverised or reduced to powder by hand pressure; or as a result of awork process, may become such that it can be crumbled, pulverised orreduced to powder by hand pressure.Non-friable asbestos: When dry, non-friable asbestos cannot becrumbled, pulverised or reduced to powder by hand pressure.Types of licences46. An employer or self-employed person may be licensed to remove friable ornon-friable ACM or both. An employer or self-employed person may also belicensed to only remove a specific type of friable or non-friable ACM. In thiscase, the licence issued would restrict the holder to removing only that type ofACM (see Table 1). A licensed removalist performing asbestos removal workmust comply with the relevant regulations in ‘Division 7 – Removal of asbestos’in Part 4.3 of the Regulations.Table 1: Type of ACM a licensed removalist can removeLicence typeClass AClass BClass A specificClass B specificType of ACMFriable ACM (all types)Non-friable ACM (all types)Non-friable ACM (all types)Friable and non-friable ACM as specified on the licenceNon-friable ACM as specified on the licence12 Compliance code / Removing asbestos in workplaces WorkSafe Victoria