![]() An organisation with health and safety systems that involves its workers can experience higher morale, better worker retention, increased worker attraction and – most importantly – workers who return home to their families, healthy and safe, after they finish their work. It will also help make sure that other people do not have their health and safety adversely affected by the work conducted.Ī healthy and safe workplace makes good sense. This Approved Code of Practice will help duty holders comply with their requirement to provide healthy and safe work for everyone who works in the asbestos industry. It was developed with input from our social partners, industry and public consultation. Minister for Workplace Relations and SafetyĪs the Chair of the Board of WorkSafe New Zealand, I am pleased to introduce this Approved Code of Practice for the Management and Removal of Asbestos. Together with the right attitudes and actions of PCBUs and workers focused on improving health and safety practices at workplaces, the code will contribute to a 50% reduction in asbestos-related disease by 2040.Īccordingly I, Michael Allan Woodhouse, being satisfied that the consultation requirements of section 222(2) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 have been met, approve the Code of Practice for the Management and Removal of Asbestos under section 222 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015. WorkSafe New Zealand developed the code with input from unions, employer organisations, other key stakeholders and the public. The Code of Practice for the Management and Removal of Asbestos sets out WorkSafe New Zealand’s expectations in relation to identifying and controlling the work health and safety risks arising from asbestos, in order to help PCBUs and workers achieve compliance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 and the Health and Safety at Work (Asbestos) Regulations 2016. It can be used in court as evidence of whether the relevant duties under health and safety law were complied with. The Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety approved this code under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015. WorkSafe recommends that people with duties under asbestos law familiarise themselves with all Parts of the code. a PCBU conducting asbestos-related work, or.a PCBU with management or control of a workplace that might have asbestos.Which Parts you need to read will depend on whether you are: The code is comprehensive and covers all aspects of managing asbestos safely in New Zealand workplaces. ACOP: Management and removal of asbestos (PDF 3.8 MB) Summary
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