When will the new asbestos licensing scheme commence?
The new asbestos removal licensing scheme will commence on 1 June 2010. From that date, people or businesses involved in removing more than 10 square metres of bonded (non-friable) asbestos in a workplace must be licenced by WorkSafe. WorkSafe will commence issuing licenses from 1 March 2010. The current Asbestos Removal Licence will become an Unrestricted Asbestos Removal Licence and the conditions of that licence will not change and it will be valid for three years instead of two.