New How to Manage and Control Asbestos in the Workplace and Draft How to Remove Asbestos Safely are available for download. These codes cover the steps to take to remove and/or eliminate (where reasonably practicable) the risks associated with the presence of in-situ asbestos at the workplace, including hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control, to prevent people being exposed to airborne asbestos fibres.

In some cases, the most appropriate control measure determined may be to remove the asbestos. The Code of Practice: How to Safely Remove Asbestos provides further guidance for asbestos removalists on control measures to implement so that asbestos can be removed safely whilst minimising the exposure of workers and other persons to airborne asbestos fibres. Other laws relating to matters including environmental protection, public health, building and construction and local government regulation may apply in addition to the WHS Act and the [draft] WHS Regulations.

Some chapters of the codes also apply to asbestos that is present in domestic premises where the
premises becomes a workplace…