1986 Ed.]
Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Asbestos) Special Regulations
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8. The cleaning required by regulation 7 shall be carried
(a) by means of vacuum cleaning equipment; or
(b) by such other method,
so designed, constructed and used that asbestos dust neither escapes, nor is discharged, into the air.
9. (1) A proprietor of an industrial undertaking who uses an asbestos process and fails to comply with regulation 7 commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $20,000.
(2) A proprietor of an industrial undertaking who uses an asbestos process and carries out the cleaning required by regulation 7 otherwise than in accordance with regulation 8 commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $20,000.
10. It shall be a defence to a charge under regulation 9(2) to prove that-
(a) it was impracticable to use either of the methods of
cleaning mentioned in regulation 8; and
(b) during the cleaning required by regulation 7-
(i) respiratory protective equipment and protective clothing had been provided for the use of, and were used by, every person present and likely to be affected while such cleaning was being carried out; and
(ii) any surface on which asbestos waste or dust was deposited as a result of the carrying out of the cleaning, not being a surface of the cleaning equipment used, was cleaned forthwith.
11. A proprietor of an industrial undertaking who uses an asbestos process shall ensure that any vacuum cleaning equipment used for the cleaning required by regulation 7 is maintained and that all its external surfaces are kept in a clean state and free from asbestos waste and dust.
[Subsidiary]
Method of cleaning.
Offence in respect of cleaning.
Defence to a charge under regulation 9(2).
Maintenance and cleanliness of vacuum cleaning equipment.
PART IV
RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
12. The Commissioner for Labour may for the purposes of these regulations approve any type of respiratory protective equipment and may notify his approval by notification published in the Gazette.
Notification of approval of respiratory protective equipment.
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