Asbestos Registers

The asbestos register is a document that lists all identified (or assumed) asbestos in a workplace. The asbestos register must:

1. record any asbestos or ACM that has been identified or is likely to be present at the workplace from time to time. This would include: the date on which the asbestos or ACM was identified
2. the location, type and condition of the asbestos; or
3. state that no asbestos or ACM is identified at the workplace if the person knows that no asbestos or ACM is identified or is likely to be present from time to time at the workplace.

The register should be reviewed at least once every five years to ensure it is kept up-to-date.
A person with management or control of a workplace must ensure an asbestos register is reviewed and where necessary revised by a competent person if:

1. the asbestos management plan is reviewed
2. further asbestos or ACM is identified at the workplace, or
3. asbestos is removed from or disturbed, sealed or enclosed at the workplace.

SafeWork States that the “Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking (PCBU) must ensure, an asbestos register is prepared and kept at the workplace. It must be readily available to workers, their health and safety representatives and other persons.