# The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 (revoked) S.I. 2006/2739 · made 12 October 2006 · revised to 6 April 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-asbestos-regulations-2006-revoked/pdf/uksi_20062739_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-asbestos-regulations-2006-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20062739_en.pdf ## Introductory text HEALTH AND SAFETY Made 12th October 2006 Laid before Parliament 20th October 2006 Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: PRELIMINARY ## 1 Citation and Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Application of these Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS ## 4 Duty to manage asbestos in non-domestic premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Identification of the presence of asbestos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Assessment of work which exposes employees to asbestos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Plans of work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Licensing of work with asbestos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Notification of work with asbestos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Information, instruction and training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Prevention or reduction of exposure to asbestos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Use of control measures etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Maintenance of control measures etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Provision and cleaning of protective clothing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Arrangements to deal with accidents, incidents and emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Duty to prevent or reduce the spread of asbestos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Cleanliness of premises and plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Designated Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Air Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Standards for air testing and site clearance certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Standards for analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Health records and medical surveillance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Washing and changing facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Storage, distribution and labelling of raw asbestos and asbestos waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: PROHIBITIONS AND RELATED PROVISIONS ## 25 Interpretation of prohibitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Prohibitions of exposure to asbestos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Prohibition of the importation of asbestos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Prohibition of the supply of asbestos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Prohibition of the use of asbestos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Labelling of products containing asbestos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Additional provisions in the case of exceptions and exemptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: MISCELLANEOUS ## 32 Exemption certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Exemptions relating to the Ministry of Defence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Extension outside Great Britain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Existing licences and exemption certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Revocations, amendments and savings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Defence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN A NOTIFICATION ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: THE LABELLING OF RAW ASBESTOS, ASBESTOS WASTE AND PRODUCTS CONTAINING ASBESTOS ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: EXCEPTIONS TO THE PROHIBITIONS ON THE IMPORTATION, SUPPLY AND USE OF CHRYSOTILE ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4 REVOCATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5 AMENDMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2739 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-asbestos-regulations-2006-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.