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The Control of Asbestos Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

S.R. 2007/31 · Made 22 January 2007 · Extends to Northern Ireland

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Health and safety

Made 22nd January 2007

Coming into operation

All Regulations except regulation 20(4) 1st March 2007

Regulation 20(4) 6th April 2007

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investmentf1, being the Department concernedf2 makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 17(1) to (6), 20(2), 54(1) and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 1(1) to (4), 2(2), 3, 5, 7 to 10, 12(1) and (3), 13, 14(1), 15 and 19 of Schedule 3 to the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978f3 (“the 1978 Order”). It is a Department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f4 in relation to the regulation and control of classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances and preparationsf5, and persistent organic pollutants, dangerous substances, preparations and chemicalsf6. The Regulations give effect without modifications to proposals submitted to it by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland under Article 13(1A)f7 of the 1978 Order after the Executive had carried out consultations in accordance with Article 46(3)f8 of the 1978 Order.

Annotations to the whole text

Textual amendments

F1

Regulations revoked with savings (28.5.2012) by The Control of Asbestos Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/179), reg. 33(1) (with regs. 3(5), 33(3))

Footnotes

f1

Formerly the Department of Economic Development, see S.I. 1982/846 (N.I. 11), Article 3 and S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3(5)

f2

See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 ( 9)

f3

S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9); the general purposes of Part II referred to in Article 17(1) were extended by S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I. 17), Articles 3(1) and 4(1). Article 55(2) was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 2, paragraph 19

f4

1972 c. 68; the enabling powers conferred by section 2(2) were extended by virtue of section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51)

f5

S.I. 1976/897

f6

S.I. 2006/608

f7

Article 13(1) was substituted by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 4

f8

Article 46(3) was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 1, paragraphs 8 and 18

Contents

  1. Part 1: PRELIMINARY
  2. 1Citation and Commencement
  3. 2Interpretation
  4. 3Application
  5. Part 2: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
  6. 4Duty to manage asbestos in non-domestic premises
  7. 5Identification of the presence of asbestos
  8. 6Assessment of work which exposes employees to asbestos
  9. 7Plans of work
  10. 8Licensing of work with asbestos
  11. 9Notification of work with asbestos
  12. 10Information, instruction and training
  13. 11Prevention or reduction of exposure to asbestos
  14. 12Use of control measures etc.
  15. 13Maintenance of control measures etc.
  16. 14Provision and cleaning of protective clothing
  17. 15Arrangements to deal with accidents, incidents and emergencies
  18. 16Duty to prevent or reduce the spread of asbestos
  19. 17Cleanliness of premises and plant
  20. 18Designated areas
  21. 19Air monitoring
  22. 20Standards for air testing and site clearance certification
  23. 21Standards for analysis
  24. 22Health records and medical surveillance
  25. 23Washing and changing facilities
  26. 24Storage, distribution and labelling of raw asbestos and asbestos waste
  27. Part 3: PROHIBITIONS AND RELATED PROVISIONS
  28. 25Interpretation of prohibitions
  29. 26Prohibitions of exposure to asbestos
  30. 27Prohibition of the supply of asbestos Repealed
  31. 28Prohibition of the use of asbestos Repealed
  32. 29Labelling of products containing asbestos
  33. 30Additional provisions in the case of exceptions and exemptions
  34. Part 4: MISCELLANEOUS
  35. 31Exemption certificates
  36. 32Exemptions relating to the Ministry of Defence
  37. 33Application within the territorial sea
  38. 34Existing Licences and Exemption Certificates.
  39. 35Revocations, amendments and savings
  40. 36Defence
  41. Signature
  42. Schedule 1PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN A NOTIFICATION
  43. Schedule 2: THE LABELLING OF RAW ASBESTOS, ASBESTOS WASTE AND PRODUCTS CONTAINING ASBESTOS
  44. 1Paragraph 1
  45. 2Paragraph 2
  46. 3Paragraph 3
  47. 4Paragraph 4
  48. 5Paragraph 5
  49. Schedule 3: EXCEPTIONS TO THE PROHIBITIONS ON THE SUPPLY AND USE OF CHRYSOTILE
  50. 1Paragraph 1
  51. 2Paragraph 2
  52. 3Paragraph 3
  53. 4Paragraph 4
  54. 5Paragraph 5 Repealed
  55. Schedule 4: PREMISES AND ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL SEA
  56. 1Interpretation
  57. 2Offshore installations
  58. 3Wells
  59. 4Pipelines
  60. 5Mines
  61. 6Other activities
  62. Schedule 5REVOCATIONS
  63. Schedule 6AMENDMENTS
  64. Explanatory note