Control of Asbestos in the Air Regulations 1990

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved

1990 No. 556

HEALTH AND SAFETY

The Control of Asbestos in the Air Regulations 1990

Made 6th March 1990

Laid before Parliament 15th March 1990

Coming into force 5th April 1990

The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland, as respects Scotland, in exercise of their powers (as respects regulations 1 to 3) under sections 1(1)(b) and (d), 15(1)1and (3) and 53(1)2of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 19743, after consulting, in accordance with section 50(1)4of that Act, the Health and Safety Commission and such other bodies as it appeared to them to be appropriate to consult, and (as respects regulations 1, 4 and 5) under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19725being the Ministers designated6for the purposes of that sub-section in relation to the control of air pollution, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation
S-1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Asbestos in the Air Regulations 1990 and subject to paragraph (2) shall come into force on 5th April 1990.

(2) In the case of any premises to which section 5 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 applied before 31st December 1988, regulations 2 and 3 shall come into force on 30th June 1991.

(3) In these Regulations

“asbestos” means the following fibrous silicates —

actinolite, amosite, anthophyllite, chrysotile, crocidolite or tremolite.

Limit value for the discharge of asbestos into the air during the use of asbestos
S-2 Limit value for the discharge of asbestos into the air during the use of asbestos

Limit value for the discharge of asbestos into the air during the use of asbestos

2.—(1) Any person having control of any premises to which section 5 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 applies and from which asbestos is emitted through discharge outlets into the air during the use of asbestos shall ensure that —

(a)

(a) the concentration of asbestos so discharged, measured by the sampling and analysis procedures described in the Annex to Council Directive 87/217/EECon the prevention and reduction of environmental pollution by asbestos7, or any other method which gives equivalent results, does not exceed 0.1 milligram of asbestos per cubic metre of air, and

(b)

(b) the concentration of asbestos so emitted is measured at mentioned in paragraph (a) at regular intervals of not more than 6 months.

(2) In this regulation —

“raw asbestos” means the product resulting from the primary crushing of asbestos ore; and

“use of asbestos” means activities which involve —

(a) the production of raw asbestos from ore, excluding any process directly associated with the mining of the ore, or

(b) the manufacturing and industrial finishing of any of the following products using raw asbestos —

asbestos cement, asbestos cement products, asbestos fillers, asbestos filters, asbestos floor coverings, asbestos friction products, asbestos insulating board, asbestos jointing...

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