Northern Territory, Australia successfully promotes the safety measures to deal with Asbestos - fibrous minerals hazardous to human wellbeing. It imposes certain obligations on people operating businesses involving asbestos exposure and risks. Northern Territory Government has forbidden asbestos fibers and manufacture, stockpile, supply, transportation, trade use or reuse of any new materials containing asbestos.

Apart from this, there are more legislative requirements to be mentioned here.

1. Workplace Health and Safety Act 2007

• The company or employer must ensure the health safety of workforce and other people at the workplace from exposure of asbestos and risks coupled with that.

• Employer has to identify the threats.

• He also has to figure out the plan of action to manage or control asbestos risks.

• The execution and periodic updates of asbestos management plan fall on the part of employer.

• If possible, improving work environment by curtailing or eliminating asbestos risks is to be done.

• He also has to take on every possible step to ensure safe infrastructure at place of work, tools and other resources.

• Precise training and information regarding possible risks is to be given to each and every worker engaged in the work influenced with risks of asbestos. They should be taught how to handle tools, equipments and materials safely.

• Thorough information on account of toxicology ought to be presented and kept accessible to workers, especially if the materials are venomous. And this is to be done by every person who possesses that infrastructure, tools, equipments and materials.

• Violation of these prerequisites is subject to the utmost penalty of $1,000 or 2 years detention.

2. Workplace Health and Safety Regulations 2008

• The Workplace Health and Safety Regulations 2008 is a leap forward in asbestos administration. This makes it obligatory for any person who brings about the devastation of any building or infrastructure, to bear out the presence of asbestos within the infrastructure, if any, before initiating demolition.

• According to this regulation, it is also necessary to carry off the asbestos containing materials in line with the predefined set of laws.