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Asbestos removalists: public liability requirements in New South Wales

Cover for legal liability to third parties for personal injury or property damage arising from business activities.

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Verified for New South Wales

  • Licence liability condition: No public liability condition, but a workers compensation one. SafeWork NSW's asbestos removal licence requirements call for "a workers compensation insurance certificate, if you have employees and are not exempt" — and do not name public liability or professional indemnity insurance. So the position differs from demolition, where a public liability certificate naming the activity is required outright. NSW · effective 2012-01-01 SafeWork NSW · 2026-08-24
  • Licence evidence required: A workers compensation insurance certificate at application and at renewal, where the applicant has employees and is not exempt. An applicant with no employees is not asked for one, because the underlying duty does not arise. NSW · effective 2012-01-01 SafeWork NSW · 2026-08-24
  • Licensing body: SafeWork NSW, under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW) and the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2017 (NSW). Three credentials: a Class A asbestos removal licence, which covers both friable and non-friable asbestos; a Class B licence, covering non-friable only; and a separate asbestos assessor licence for the assessing role rather than the removal. NSW · effective 2012-01-01 SafeWork NSW · 2026-08-24

What contracts commonly ask for

Principals and head contractors set their own insurance requirements, and those are frequently higher than a licence condition. The requirement that binds is the higher of the two, and both have to be read from the actual document.

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