The Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013

SECTION 3.2 N.I. ACTIVITIES INVOLVING ASBESTOS

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 section 3.2 in operation at 20.6.2013, see reg. 1

Part A

(a) Producing asbestos or manufacturing products based on or containing asbestos.

(b) Stripping asbestos from railway vehicles except—

(i) in the course of the repair or maintenance of the vehicle;

(ii) in the course of recovery operations following an accident; or

(iii) where the asbestos is permanently bonded in cement or in any other material (including plastic, rubber or resin).

Part B

(a) The industrial finishing of any of the following products where not related to an activity falling within Part A of this section—

(i) asbestos cement;

(ii) asbestos cement products;

(iii) asbestos fillers;

(iv) asbestos filters;

(v) asbestos floor coverings;

(vi) asbestos friction products;

(vii) asbestos insulating board;

(viii) asbestos jointing, packaging and reinforcement material;

(ix) asbestos packing;

(x) asbestos paper or card; or

(xi) asbestos textiles.

Part C

Nil

Interpretation of section 3.2

1.  In this section “asbestos” includes any of the following fibrous silicates: actinolite, amosite, anthophyllite, chrysotile, crocidolite and tremolite. U.K.