1
May
2006
The new Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 come into force on 6 April 2006. The Regulations repeal and replace existing laws on the control of exposure to asbestos and implement amendments to the European Asbestos Worker Protection Directive (AWPD). They aim to provide greater protection for maintenance workers and make changes in order to simplify the existing asbestos regulatory regime. The Regulations include measures to:
- replace certain requirements of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002 that only apply if a worker's exposure to asbestos fibres is liable to exceed the action levels with a new system whereby notification to the enforcing authority will not apply to certain types of specified work where the exposure to asbestos is sporadic and of low intensity and where it is clear from the risk assessment that the control limit will not be exceeded;
- replace the current regulation requiring employers to reduce exposure to as low a level as is reasonably practicable with a new requirement to minimise worker exposure to asbestos, in line with the wording used in the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations;
- introduce a new asbestos fibre counting method; and
- introduce a new single Control Limit for all types of asbestos of 0.1 f/cm
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