New laws have been introduced in the ACT for the management of asbestos in non-residential buildings. These laws came into effect on 7 September 2007. They affect you if you have control of a building and/or make decisions about the management and maintenance of a building, for example as an owner, occupier or property manager.

The date by which you must comply with these laws varies depending on what type of building it is. The first compliance date is on 1 September 2008 for multi-storey buildings. Find out more >

Working with asbestos

If you work in the trades, services and maintenance sector, or the asbestos industry, you’ll come up against asbestos regularly. By law, you now need training to handle asbestos and courses are available.

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Renovating

In the ACT, chances are if you live in an area other than Gungahlin or Southern Tuggeranong, your house was built before 1985 and is likely to contain asbestos.

This can pose problems during renovations or household repairs.

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