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Management and removal of asbestos

Made under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (NZ)

WorkSafe New Zealand's Approved Code of Practice on managing and removing asbestos. It sets out how to comply with asbestos health and safety law, including the Health and Safety at Work (Asbestos) Regulations 2016. It a...

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ACOP: Management and Removal of Asbestos (NZ) — Overview and Legal Status

WorkSafe's Approved Code of Practice sets out its expectations on complying with asbestos health and safety law, including the Asbestos Regu...

Action when fibre levels reach 0.02 fibres/ml during Class A removal

If respirable asbestos fibre levels at the removal area are at or above 0.02 fibres/ml during Class A removal work, the licensed removalist...

Asbestos removal control plan for licensed removal work

A licensed asbestos removalist must prepare an asbestos removal control plan for any licensed asbestos removal work it is commissioned to do...

Content of health monitoring for workers exposed to asbestos

A PCBU must ensure health monitoring of asbestos workers reviews their history and exposure records and includes a physical examination.

Duty relating to exposure to airborne asbestos and the airborne contamination standard

A PCBU with management or control of a workplace must ensure the airborne contamination standard for asbestos is not exceeded at the workpla...

Duty to indicate the presence and location of asbestos

A PCBU with management or control of a workplace must clearly indicate the presence and location of asbestos or ACM identified at the workpl...

Duty to mark where asbestos is present

A PCBU with management or control of a workplace must clearly indicate the presence and location of asbestos or ACM identified there.

Duty to train workers about asbestos

PCBUs must train workers who may do asbestos removal or asbestos-related work in identifying and safely handling asbestos, and keep training...

Keeping the asbestos removal control plan

A licensed asbestos removalist must keep a copy of the asbestos removal control plan for 2 years after the removal work it relates to is com...

Limits on using equipment on asbestos

A PCBU must not use, or direct or allow a worker to use, high-pressure water spray or compressed air on asbestos or ACM.

Showing where asbestos is at the workplace

A PCBU with management or control of a workplace must ensure identified asbestos or ACM is clearly indicated, in line with any applicable sa...

WorkSafe 17 April 2026 update on where newer guidance differs from the 2016 ACOP

WorkSafe's 17 April 2026 update summarises where newer guidance differs from the 2016 ACOP on managing and removing asbestos.

WorkSafe approval of a method for managing asbestos risk

WorkSafe may approve a method for managing the risk associated with asbestos at a workplace, on application by a PCBU or on its own initiati...

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