{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-asbestos-at-work-regulations-1987/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-asbestos-at-work-regulations-1987/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2115",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-asbestos-at-work-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Storage, distribution and labelling of raw asbestos and asbestos waste",
  "text": "(1) Every employer who undertakes work with asbestos shall ensure that any raw asbestos or waste which contains asbestos is not—\n(a) stored;\n(b) received into or despatched from any place of work; or\n(c) distributed, except in a totally enclosed distribution system, within any place of work,\nunless it is in a suitable and sealed container clearly marked in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) showing that it contains asbestos.\n(2) Raw asbestos shall be labelled in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 2.\n(3) Waste containing asbestos shall be labelled—\n(a) where the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances Regulations 1984 apply, in accordance with those Regulations;\n(b) where the waste is conveyed by road in a road tanker or tank container in circumstances where the Dangerous Substances (Conveyance by Road in Road Tankers and Tank Containers) Regulations 1981 apply, in accordance with those Regulations;\n(c) in any other case, in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 2.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1984/1244, amended by S.I. 1986/1922."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/1059."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/3235",
      "affecting_title": "The Control of Asbestos at Work (Amendment) Regulations 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/2092",
      "affecting_title": "The Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Classification, Packaging and Labelling) and Use of Transportable Pressure Receptacles Regulations 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1993/1746",
      "affecting_title": "The Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations 1993"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/669",
      "affecting_title": "The Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail (Classification, Packaging and Labelling) Regulations 1994"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2115/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:15:39.605464+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}