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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-asbestos-at-work-regulations-1987/regulation-12",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2115",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 1987",
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  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Duty to prevent or reduce the spread of asbestos",
  "text": "Every employer shall prevent or, where this is not reasonably practicable, reduce to the lowest level reasonably practicable, the spread of asbestos from any place where work with asbestos is carried out.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/3235",
      "affecting_title": "The Control of Asbestos at Work (Amendment) Regulations 1998"
    }
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}