In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears ¾

}asbestos~ means the asbestiform variety of mineral silicates belonging to the serpentine or amphibole groups of rock-forming minerals and includes actinolite, amosite, anthophyllite, chrysotile, crocidolite, tremolite, and any mixture containing 2 or more of those;

}asbestos cement product~ means a product or part of a product containing asbestos in a cement binder;

}authorised person~ means an environmental health officer or a person authorised under regulation 5;

}dwelling-house~ does not include any associated structure or outbuilding that is not an integral part of a dwelling-house's structure;

}material containing asbestos~ means material in which ¾

(a) fibrous material is able to be detected by stereoscopic light microscopy at a magnification of not less than 10 times and not greater than 40 times; and

(b) the fibrous material is able to be identified as asbestos by polarised light microscopy at a magnification of not greater than 400 times or by a method approved by the Executive Director, Public Health.

[Regulation 2 amended in Gazette 28 Jun 1994 p. 3016; 29 Dec 2000 p. 7908.]