Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002

Identification of the type of asbestos

5.  An employer shall not carry out work which exposes or is liable to expose his employees to asbestos unless either—

(a)before commencing that work, he has identified, by analysis or otherwise, the type of asbestos involved in the work; or

(b)he has assumed that the asbestos is not chrysotile alone and for the purposes of these Regulations has treated it accordingly.