Cleanliness of premises and plant16
1
Every employer who undertakes work which exposes or is liable to expose his employees to asbestos shall ensure that—
a
the premises, or those parts of premises where that work is carried out, and the plant used in connection with that work are kept in a clean state; and
b
where such work has been completed, the premises, or those parts of the premises where the work was carried out, are thoroughly cleaned.
2
Subject to paragraph (3), where a manufacturing process which gives rise to asbestos dust is carried out in a building, the employer shall ensure that any part of the building in which the process is carried out is—
a
so designed and constructed as to facilitate cleaning; and
b
is equipped with an adequate and suitable vacuum cleaning system which shall, where reasonably practicable, be a fixed system.
3
Paragraph (2)(a) shall not apply to a building in which, prior to 1 March 1988, there was carried out a process to which either—
a
as then in force, regulation 13 of the Asbestos Regulations 19697 applied and the process was carried out in compliance with that regulation; or
b
that regulation did not apply.