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WorkSafe's 17 April 2026 update summarises where newer guidance differs from the 2016 ACOP on managing and removing asbestos.
The ACOP sets out WorkSafe's expectations on complying with asbestos law, including the Health and Safety at Work (Asbestos) Regulations 2016, and commenced on 3 November 2016. WorkSafe says later guidance differs in places because best practice evolved, definitions needed clarifying, or errors and omissions in the ACOP were corrected. The Conducting asbestos surveys GPG says air monitoring may be required after surveys in certain circumstances, where the ACOP had no such requirement.
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- WorkSafe's 17 April 2026 update summarises where newer guidance differs from the 2016 ACOP on managing and removing asbestos.
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Which WHS law does this come from?
WorkSafe 17 April 2026 update on where newer guidance differs from the 2016 ACOP is a WHS requirement set out in Management and removal of asbestos (NZ). It is made under Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (NZ).
What does this WHS obligation require?
WorkSafe 17 April 2026 update on where newer guidance differs from the 2016 ACOP is a WHS obligation under Management and removal of asbestos (NZ). In short, WorkSafe's 17 April 2026 update summarises where newer guidance differs from the 2016 ACOP on managing and removing asbestos.
What changed recently?
WorkSafe 17 April 2026 update on where newer guidance differs from the 2016 ACOP was last updated on 19 October 2026.