Prospective

Amendment of the Asbestos (Licensing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1984 N.I.

2.  –

(1) The Asbestos (Licensing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1984(1) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.

(2) In paragraph (1) of regulation 2–

(a) in the definition of “asbestos insulating board” for the words “which mixture when in a dry state has a density greater than 500 kilograms per cubic metre” there shall be substituted—

• “except—

  (a)

  asbestos cement; or

  (b)

  any article of bitumen, plastic, resin or rubber which contains asbestos, and the thermal or acoustic properties of which are incidental to its main purpose”;

(b) after the definition of “the Executive” there shall be inserted the following definitions—

““territorial waters” means United Kingdom territorial waters adjacent to Northern Ireland and “within territorial waters” includes on, over and under them;

“work with asbestos insulating board” means—

(a)

work which consists of the removal, repair or disturbance of asbestos insulating board;

(b)

work which is ancillary to such work; and

(c)

supervising work referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) or (b);”; and

(c) for the definition of “work with asbestos insulation or asbestos coating” there shall be substituted the following definition—

• ““work with asbestos insulation or asbestos coating” means—

  (a)

  work which consists of the removal, repair or disturbance of asbestos insulation or asbestos coating;

  (b)

  work which is ancillary to such work; and

  (c)

  supervising work referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) or (b).”.

(3) In paragraphs (1) and (2)(a)(i) of regulation 3, after the word “coating”, there shall be inserted “or work with asbestos insulating board”.

(4) In regulation 4—

(a) in paragraph (1), after the word “coating” there shall be inserted “or work with asbestos insulating board”; and

(b) for paragraph (4) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(4) The Executive may revoke a licence if it considers it appropriate to do so.”.

(5) In regulation 5—

(a) in paragraph (1), for the number “28” there shall be substituted “14”; and

(b) in paragraph (3), after the words “work with asbestos insulation or asbestos coating” there shall be inserted “or work with asbestos insulating board”.

(6) After regulation 7 there shall be added the following regulation–

“Application within territorial waters

8.   Within territorial waters these Regulations shall apply only to or in relation to the premises and activities to which any of paragraphs 2 to 6 of the Schedule applies.”.

(7) There shall be added the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 2(2)(3)(4)(a)(5)(b)(6)(7) in operation at 1.8.2000, see reg. 1(2)

I2 Reg. 2(4)(b)(5)(a) in operation at 2.5.2000, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

S.R. 1984 No. 205; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1999 No. 150, regulation 2 and the Schedule