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AppendicesAppendix A – The compliance frameworkOccupational Health andSafety Act 2004Act No. 107/2004The Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (the OHSAct) sets out the key principles, duties and rights in relationto occupational health and safety (OHS).Occupational Health andSafety Regulations 2007Statutory Rule No. 54/2007The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2007(the Regulations) specify the way in which a duty imposedby the Act must be performed, or prescribe procedural oradministrative matters to support the Act (eg requiring licencesfor specific activities, the keeping of records or giving notice).Compliance codes provide practical guidance to duty holders.If a person complies with a provision of a compliance code,they are deemed to comply with the Act or Regulation dutycovered by the code provision. However, compliance codes arenot mandatory and a duty holder may choose to use someother way to achieve compliance.WorkSafe Positions are guidelines made under section 12of the Act that state how WorkSafe will apply the Act orRegulations or exercise discretion under a provision of theAct or Regulations. WorkSafe Positions are intended toprovide certainty to duty holders and other affected parties.Non-statutory guidance includes information publishedby WorkSafe aimed at building people’s knowledge andawareness of OHS issues, risks to health and safety andthe disciplines and techniques that can be applied to manageand control risks. Non-statutory guidance is not mandatory,nor does it provide any ‘deemed to comply’ outcomes for dutyholders. This guidance does, however, form part of the ‘state ofknowledge’ about OHS.72 Compliance code / Removing asbestos in workplaces WorkSafe Victoria
AppendicesAppendix B – DefinitionsAdministrative controlA system of work or a work procedure that is designed to eliminate or reduce a risk,but does not include:(a)(b)a physical control, orthe use of personal protective equipment.Air-supplied respiratory protective equipmentA device that supplies air to the wearer from a source other than theambient atmosphere.Approved asbestos analystAn analyst approved:(a)(b)by NATA to perform asbestos fibre counting or to identify asbestos in samples,and to issue findings as endorsed reports under the authority of a NATAaccredited laboratory, orby some other scheme determined by WorkSafe.Asbestos(a) the fibrous form of the mineral silicates belonging to any one or a combinationof the serpentine and amphibole groups of rock-forming minerals, includingactinolite, amosite (brown asbestos), anthophyllite, crocidolite (blue asbestos),chrysotile (white asbestos) or tremolite, or(b)any material or object, whether natural or manufactured, that contains oneor more of the mineral silicates referred to in paragraph (a) above.Asbestos exposure standard0·1 f/ml of air measured in a person’s breathing zone and expressed as a timeweighted average fibre concentration of asbestos calculated over an eight-hourworking day and measured over a minimum period of four hours in accordance with:(a)(b)the Membrane Filter Method, ora method determined by WorkSafe.Asbestos licence holderAn employer or self-employed person who is the holder of an asbestos removallicence issued under ‘Part 6.1 – Licences’ of the Regulations.Asbestos paraoccupational air monitoringAir sampling to estimate the airborne asbestos fibre concentration in theoccupational environment, taken at fixed locations, usually between one and twometres above floor level, in accordance with:(a)the Membrane Filter Method, or(b) a method determined by WorkSafe under regulation 1.1.6.Asbestos registerThe asbestos register kept under regulation 4.3.21 as revised in accordance with‘Part 4.3 – Asbestos’ of the Regulations.Asbestos removal supervisorA person who is appointed by an asbestos licence holder to oversee asbestosremoval work in accordance with regulation 4.3.62.WorkSafe Victoria Compliance code / Removing asbestos in workplaces 73
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