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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-asbestos-at-work-regulations-1987/schedule-2/paragraph-5",
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  "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": "schedule/2/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Labelling of packaged and unpackaged products in accordance with the foregoing paragraphs shall be effected by means of—\n(a) an adhesive label firmly affixed to the product or its packaging, as the case may be;\n(b) a tie-on label firmly attached to the product or its packaging, as the case may be; or\n(c) direct printing onto the product or its packaging, as the case may be.\n(2) Where, in the case of an unpackaged product, it is not reasonably practicable to comply with the provisions of sub-paragraph (1) above the label shall be printed on a suitable sheet accompanying the product.\n(3) Labelling of raw asbestos and asbestos waste shall be effected in accordance with sub-paragraphs (1)(a) or (c) above.\n(4) For the purposes of this Schedule, a product supplied in loose plastic or other similar wrapping (including plastic and paper bags) but no other packaging, shall be treated as being supplied in a package whether the product is placed in such wrapping at the time of its supply or was already so wrapped before that time. But no wrapping in which a product is placed at the time of its supply shall be regarded as packaging if any product contained in it is labelled in accordance with the requirements of this Schedule or any other packaging in which that product is contained is so labelled.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "words 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": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/669",
      "affecting_title": "The Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail (Classification, Packaging and Labelling) Regulations 1994"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/3247",
      "affecting_title": "The Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 1994"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2115/schedule/2/paragraph/5",
    "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."
}