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F1

England, Wales and Scotland

  1. (a)

    Producing raw asbestos by extraction from the ore except where the process is directly associated with the mining of the ore.

  2. (b)

    The manufacture and, where related to the manufacture, the industrial finishing of the following products where the use of asbestos is involved—

    • asbestos cement

    • asbestos cement products

    • asbestos fillers

    • asbestos filters

    • asbestos floor coverings

    • asbestos friction products

    • asbestos insulating board

    • asbestos jointing, packaging and reinforcement material

    • asbestos packing

    • asbestos paper or card

    • asbestos textiles.

  3. (c)

    The stripping of asbestos from railway vehicles except—

    1. (i)

      in the course of the repair or maintenance of the vehicle;

    2. (ii)

      in the course of recovery operations following an accident; or

    3. (iii)

      where the asbestos is permanently bonded in F2cement or in any other material (including plastic, rubber or a resin).

  4. (d)

    The destruction by burning of a railway vehicle if asbestos has been incorporated in, or sprayed on to, its structure.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Regulations revoked (E.W.) (6.4.2008) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3538), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 22 (with regs. 69-72); and lapsed (S.) by virtue of repeal of power conferring provision 1990 c. 43, s. 2 (S.) (1.4.2015) by Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (c. 24), s. 7(3), Sch. 3 (with s. 7(7)); S.S.I. 2015/74, art. 2(2)(b)

F2

Words in Sch. 1 s.3.2 substituted (1.12.1994) by The Environmental Protection (Prescribed Processes and Substances Etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/1271), reg. 1, Sch. 3 para. 17 (with Sch. 6)