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2.—(1) The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Asbestos) Regulations 2010(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), in the definition of asbestos, for “chrysotile, CAS No 12001-29-5” substitute “chrysotile, CAS No 12001-29-5 or CAS No 132207-32-0”.
(3) In regulation 4 (application)—
(a)in paragraph (8)(c)(i) after “activities” insert “in which only non-friable materials are handled”, and
(b)in paragraph (8) (c) (ii) after “removal” delete “of” and insert “without deterioration of non-degraded”.
(4) After regulation 29 insert—
30.—(1) The Secretary of State must from time to time—
(a)carry out a review of these Regulations,
(b)set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and
(c)publish the report.
(2) In carrying out the review the Secretary of State must have regard to how Council Directive 2009/148/EC (2), on the protection of workers from the risks of exposure to asbestos at work is implemented in other Member States.
(3) The report must in particular—
(a)set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory system established by those regulations;
(b)assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved ; and
(c)assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that imposes less regulation.
(4) The first report under this regulation must be published before the end of the period of five years expiring on 12th July 2018.
(5) Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.”.
S.I. 2010/2984, amended by S.I.2012/632.
O.J. L 330, 16.12.2009, p.28. This directive repealed and consolidated Council Directive 83/477/EEC (OJ L.263, 24.9.83, p25), Council Directive 91/382/EC (OJ L206, 29.7.91, p16) and Directive 2003/18/EC (OJ L97, 15.4.03, p.48).
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