| New Asbestos Regulations |
| Monday, 13 November 2006 10:24 |
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On Monday 13 November, the New Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 were published with the majority of the legislation coming into force. The new legislation makes a number of changes and replaces three sets of existing legislation including: The Asbestos (Prohibitions) Regulations 1992, The Asbestos Licensing Regulations 1993 and The Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002. The full Regulations can be found at: www.opsi.gov.uk The draft Code of Practice for the Regulations can be viewed at: www.hse.gov.uk Some of the changes involve the following:
Although most of the new regulations came into force on the Monday the regulation that requires accreditation for 4 stage clearance will not come into force until 6 April 2007. |
