Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations In these regulations,
unless the contrary intention appears —
asbestos means the asbestiform variety of mineral
silicates belonging to the serpentine or amphibole groups of
rock‑forming minerals and includes actinolite, amosite, anthophyllite,
chrysotile, crocidolite, tremolite, and any mixture containing 2 or more of
those;
asbestos cement product means a product or part of
a product containing asbestos in a cement binder;
authorised person means an environmental health
officer or a person authorised under regulation 5;
dwelling‑house does not include any
associated structure or outbuilding that is not an integral part of a
dwelling‑house’s structure;
material containing asbestos means material in
which —
(a)
fibrous material is able to be detected by stereoscopic light microscopy at a
magnification of not less than 10 times and not greater than 40 times; and
(b) the
fibrous material is able to be identified as asbestos by polarised light
microscopy at a magnification of not greater than 400 times or by a method
approved by the Executive Director, Public Health.
[Regulation 2 amended in Gazette
28 Jun 1994 p. 3016; 29 Dec 2000 p. 7908.]