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Control of Lead at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998
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- 1998 No. 281
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Air monitoring
9.—(1) Where any employees are liable to receive significant exposure to lead, the employer shall ensure that the concentration of lead in air to which his employees are exposed is measured in accordance with a suitable procedure.
(2) Where the exposure referred to in paragraph (1) is to lead other than lead alkyls, the procedure required by that paragraph shall accord with Articles 3 and 7 of, and Annex II to, Council Directive 82/605/EEC(1) (on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to metallic lead and its ionic compounds at work) and with any specification established in accordance with the requirements of Article 4.4(b) of, and paragraph 4 of Part B of Annex IIa to, Council Directive 80/1107/EEC(2) (on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to chemical, physical and biological agents at work).
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), the monitoring referred to in paragraph (1) shall be carried out at least every 3 months.
(4) Except where the exposure referred to in paragraph (1) arises wholly or in part from exposure to lead alkyls, the interval between each occasion of monitoring may be increased to a maximum of 12 months where—
(a)there has been no material change in the work or the conditions of exposure since the last occasion of monitoring; and
(b)the lead in air concentration for each group of employees or work area has not exceeded 0·10 mg/m3 on the two previous consecutive occasions on which monitoring was carried out.
(5) The employer shall keep a suitable record of any monitoring carried out for the purpose of this regulation and that record or a suitable summary thereof shall be kept available for at least 5 years.
(1)
O.J. No. L247, 23.8.82, p. 12
(2)
O.J. No. L327, 3.12.80, p. 8; as amended by Directive 88/642/EEC (O.J. No. L356, 24.12.88, p. 74)
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