Western Australian Current Regulations

HEALTH (ASBESTOS) REGULATIONS 1992 - REG 14

14 .         Power to take sample

        (1)         An authorised officer may take a sample of any thing which he or she believes on reasonable grounds — 

            (a)         is an asbestos cement product or material containing asbestos; and

            (b)         is or may be evidence in relation to an offence under these regulations.

        (2)         When taking a sample, an authorised officer must —

            (a)         cause no more damage to property than is reasonably necessary; and

            (b)         divide the sample into 3 separate parts and package and label them appropriately; and

            (c)         give one part to the person in possession of the thing from which the sample is taken; and

            (d)         have the second part analysed; and

            (e)         safely keep the third part for future comparison.

        [Regulation 14 inserted: Gazette 28 Jun 1994 p. 3019; amended: Gazette 29 Dec 2000 p. 7911; 10 Jan 2017 p. 203 and 61.]