Asbestos Products (Safety) Regulations 1985

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1985/2042

1985 No. 2042

CONSUMER PROTECTION

The Asbestos Products (Safety) Regulations 1985

Made 20th December 1985

Laid before Parliament in draft

Coming into Operation (except as provided in Regulation 1) 1st January 1986

Whereas the Secretary of State has, in accordance with section 1(4) of the Consumer Safety Act 1978, consulted such organisations as appear to him to be representative of interests substantially affected by these Regulations, such other persons as he considers appropriate and the Health and Safety Commission:

And whereas a draft of these Regulations has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament pursuant to section 7(7) of the said Act:

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 1 of the said Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:

S-1 These Regulations may be cited as the Asbestos Products...

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Asbestos Products (Safety) Regulations 1985 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1986, except for Regulation 3 which shall come into operation on 20th March 1986.

(2) The following provisions of these Regulations do not apply in any case in which the asbestos minerals or products in question are supplied for research and development or analysis, or an offer or agreement is made to supply them for such a purpose, or they are exposed or possessed for supply for such a purpose.

S-2 Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), no person shall supply,...

2.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), no person shall supply, offer to supply, agree to supply, expose for supply or possess for supply crocidolite asbestos minerals or amosite asbestos minerals or any product containing any such minerals.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to any torque converter which contains crocidolite but no amosite asbestos minerals, is labelled in accordance with the Schedule to these Regulations and is intended for the repair of a motor vehicle.

(3) Paragraph (1) does not apply to any intermediate brake band which contains crocidolite but no amosite asbestos minerals, is labelled in accordance with the Schedule to these Regulations, is intended for the repair of a motor vehicle, was manufactured before 1st January 1986 and is not supplied, offered for supply, agreed to be supplied, exposed for supply or possessed for supply on or after 30th June 1988.

S-3 Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall supply, offer to...

3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall supply, offer to supply, agree to supply, expose for supply or possess for supply any of the following asbestos minerals, namely, chrysotile, fibrous anthophyllite, fibrous actinolite or fibrous tremolite or any...

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