After Clause 29, the following new Clause 30 is added:
"30.1 The Participants must ensure that asbestos is not used as part of or for the purposes of carrying out the work under the Agreement.
30.2 Before commencing on the Site any work under the Agreement, the Participants must check the Site's asbestos register (being the "register" described in Division 9 of the Workplace Health and Safety Regulations 1998 and hereafter referred to as the "Register) and have regard to the presence or presumed presence of any recorded asbestos containing materials. If one is not available, it must be assumed that no assessment of asbestos containing materials has been undertaken.
30.3 If the Register states that it is presumed that asbestos materials are present, no validation sampling will have been conducted. Therefore, before commencing on the Site any work under the Agreement, the Participants will be required to conduct all necessary validation sampling of materials.
30.4 If asbestos containing materials (identified in the Register) are removed, the Participants must ensure that the Register is updated by ensuring that copies of all documentation relating to any validation, interference or removal work are included in the Register.
30.5 If asbestos containing material or material suspected of containing asbestos is discovered on the Site, the NOP must:
(a) stop work in the immediate area;
(b) advise the Project Owner, and Workplace Standards Tasmania by phoning: 1300 366 322 (inside Tasmania) or (03) 6233 7657 (outside Tasmania) or by emailing: wstinfo@justice.tas.gov.au; and
(c) await instructions from the Project Owner.
30.6 A NOP must not, as part of or for the purposes of carrying out the work under the Agreement, undertake asbestos removal, repair, renovation or demolition work, other than in accordance with the requirements of the Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 and the Workplace Health and Safety Regulations 1998.
30.7 A NOP must obtain the necessary approvals before commencing any work under the Agreement on or with products that contain asbestos and evidence of approval must be presented to the Project Owner before commencing work.
30.8 Where a NOP removes, repairs and/or renovates products containing asbestos as part of or for the purposes of carrying out the work under the Agreement, it must do so in accordance with Division 9 of the Workplace Health and Safety Regulations 1998 and the Code of Practice for the Safe Removal of Asbestos, 2nd Edition (NOHSC:2002 (2005)."