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When is a licence required for asbestos work?

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Published on: 26 March 2014
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Approved Code of practice

The HSE Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) ‘Managing and working with Asbestos’ L143 (Second Edition) dated December 2013, has special legal status and provides practical guidance on how to comply with the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012, SI 2012/632.

There are three different categories of asbestos work:

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    licensable work

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    notifiable non-licensed work (NNLW)

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    non-licensed work

Work with asbestos

This means any work which removes, repairs or disturbs asbestos, including ancillary work and supervision.

Licensable work with asbestos

The ACOP provides details of when work with asbestos should be done by a licensed asbestos contractor:

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    where worker exposure is not ‘sporadic and of low intensity’—concentration of asbestos in the atmosphere does not exceed 0.6 fibres per cubic centimetre (f/cm3) over a ten-minute period

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    where the risk assessment cannot clearly demonstrate that the control limit will not be exceeded—0.1 f/cm3 airborne fibres over a four-hour period

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    on asbestos coating—surface coatings which contain asbestos for fire protection, heat

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Silicate minerals of thin fibrous composition the inhalation of which can cause serious illness.

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