{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-asbestos-regulations-2012/regulation-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-asbestos-regulations-2012/regulation-23.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/632",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-asbestos-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/23",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Washing and changing facilities",
  "text": "(1) Every employer must ensure that the following are provided to any of that employer's employees who is exposed to asbestos—\n(a) adequate washing and changing facilities;\n(b) where an employer is required to provide protective clothing, adequate facilities for the storage of—\n(i) that protective clothing, and\n(ii) personal clothing not worn during working hours; and\n(c) where an employer is required to provide respiratory protective equipment, adequate facilities for the storage of that equipment.\n(2) The facilities provided under paragraph (1) for the storage of—\n(a) personal protective clothing;\n(b) personal clothing not worn during working hours; and\n(c) respiratory protective equipment,\nmust be separate from each other.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/632/regulation/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:38:52.742426+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."
}