Asbestos laws take effect. 04/04/2005. ABC News Online
Asbestos laws take effect. 04/04/2005. ABC News Online: "New asbestos laws have taken effect in the ACT.Chair of the Asbestos Taskforce Bill Wood says owners and occupiers of homes are required to pass on knowledge in writing of materials containing asbestos to prospective tenants, buyers, tradespeople and maintenance workers.
Mr Wood says the laws will raise awareness about the safe management of materials containing asbestos and could help reduce the instances of asbestos-related diseases in the future.
'When there's any work that's likely to interfere with materials containing asbestos, they're quite safe in bonded form, but we do need to take care if we're handling those, cutting them, sawing them, and if someone for example is doing a bathroom renovation and there might be AC sheeting under the tiles, care needs to be taken in those circumstances,' he said."
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