Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Made: 24th January 2003

Coming into operation

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Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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Duties under these Regulations

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Duty to manage asbestos in non-domestic premises

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Identification of the type of asbestos

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Assessment of work which exposes employees to asbestos

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Plans of work

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Notification of work with asbestos

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Information, instruction and training

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Prevention or reduction of exposure to asbestos

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Use of control measures etc.

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Maintenance of control measures etc.

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Provision and cleaning of protective clothing

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Arrangements to deal with accidents, incidents and emergencies

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Duty to prevent or reduce the spread of asbestos

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Cleanliness of premises and plant

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Designated areas

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Air monitoring

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Standards for air testing

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Standards for analysis

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Health records and medical surveillance

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Washing and changing facilities

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Storage, distribution and labelling of raw asbestos and asbestos waste

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Supply of products containing asbestos for use at work

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Exemption certificates

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Application within the territorial sea

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Revocations, amendments and savings

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Defence

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SCHEDULE 1 — PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN A NOTIFICATION

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SCHEDULE 2 — THE LABELLING OF RAW ASBESTOS, ASBESTOS WASTE AND PRODUCTS CONTAINING ASBESTOS

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SCHEDULE 3 — PREMISES AND ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL SEA

Interpretation

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Offshore installations

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Wells

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Pipelines

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Mines

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Other activities

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Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment on 24th January 2003.

Michael J. Bohill — A senior officer of the — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: Formerly the Department of Economic Development; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3(5)

[^f00002]: See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)

[^f00003]: Article 17 must be read with S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I. 17), Articles 3(2) and 4(2)

[^f00004]: 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), Article 3(1). Article 47A was inserted by Article 3, and Article 2 was amended by Articles 4 and 8, of S.I. 1997/1774 (N.I. 16)

[^f00005]: Article 13(1) was substituted by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 4.

[^f00006]: Article 46(3) was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 1, paragraphs 8 and 18(c)

[^f00007]: O.J. No. L263, 24.9.83, p. 25

[^f00008]: Reference number EN ISO/IEC 17025: 2000

[^f00009]: 1983 c. 54

[^f00010]: S.R. 1984 No. 205 as amended by S.R. 1999 No. 150 and S.R. 2000 No. 100

[^f00011]: S.I. 2002/1144

[^f00012]: S.R. 2000 No. 388

[^f00013]: S.R. 1969 No. 337, revoked by S.R. 1988 No. 74

[^f00016]: S.R. 1988 No. 74

[^f00017]: S.R. 1993 No. 26

[^f00018]: S.R. 2000 No. 98

[^f00019]: S.R. 1984 No. 205 as amended by S.R. 1999 No. 305

[^f00020]: S.R. 1999 No. 90

[^f00021]: S.R. 2003 No. 33

[^f00022]: S.R. 2000 No. 388

[^f00023]: S.R. 2002 No. 301

[^f00024]: 1964 c. 29; section 1 was amended by the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 (1982 c. 23), Schedule 3, paragraph 1

[^f00025]: S.R. 1994 No. 146

[^f00026]: 1969 c. 6 (N.I.)

Editorial notes