Southern District Health Board
Dunedin Hospital
201 Great King Street
Private Bag 1921
DUNEDIN 9054
Chief Executive Officer
Phone 03-476 9456 Fax 03-476 9450
11 March 2020
Mr Mark Montgomery
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By
Email: [FYI request #12149 email] Dear Mr Montgomery
Official Information Act Request
I refer to your Official Information Act request received on 3 February 2020 in which you
specifically requested the following:
Pursuant to the Official Information Act 1982 please provide copies of all Asbestos Management
Plans prepared under Regulation 13(2) of the Health and Safety at Work (Asbestos) Regulations
2016 for all workplaces occupied or from time to time occupied by the District Health Board
where asbestos or ACM (Asbestos Containing Material) is suspected to be or has been identified
at the workplace.
Please see attached Southern DHB’s asbestos management plan.
We also have a full asbestos management survey database, however this is all held online. If
you have any specific areas of interest we can provide samples of information from this
database.
We are currently working through the areas which present operational issues and remediating
on this basis.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review of our decision by the Ombudsman. The
Ombudsman's Office can be contacted on 0800 802 602 or on-line at
http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/. Yours sincerely
Chris Fleming
Chief Executive Officer
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