You will need to notify the agency five calendar days before undertaking any licensed asbestos removal work, including removing:
- any amount of friable (Class A) asbestos
- more than 10 square metres of non-friable (Class B) asbestos.
Where asbestos must be removed immediately, the licensed asbestos removalist must contact the agency by telephone and lodge the notification form electronically within 24 hours of the telephone call.
Emergency asbestos removal only applies to:
- a sudden and unexpected event, including a failure of equipment that may cause persons to be exposed to respirable asbestos fibres, or
- an unexpected breakdown of an essential service that requires immediate rectification to enable the service to continue.
