No person may—
| (a) |
sell, donate, reuse, reinstall or recycle any asbestos or asbestos-containing materials; |
| (b) |
clean or prepare surfaces of asbestos cement materials; |
| (c) |
temporarily store any asbestos or asbestos-containing materials for longer than three months after completion of asbestos removal work, before final disposal; |
| (d) |
temporarily store asbestos-containing materials destined for disposal, which are uncovered or unprotected or stored in a manner that may contaminate ground or water systems or may cause the release of asbestos dust; |
| (e) |
use compressed air or permit the use of compressed air to remove asbestos dust from any surface or person; |
| (f) |
use electrical power tools, such as angle grinders, or any other fast-moving equipment to cut, grind or drill asbestos-containing material; Provided that slow moving tools may only be used where the activity is part of asbestos containing material removal for final disposal; |
| (g) |
smoke, eat, drink or keep food or beverages in a regulated asbestos area or require or permit any other person to smoke, eat, drink or keep food or beverages in such area; |
| (h) |
vacuum asbestos dust using vacuum cleaning equipment other than vacuum cleaning equipment with a filtration efficiency of at least 99 per cent for particles one micrometre in size; or |
| (i) |
carry out any demolition work before all asbestos and asbestos-containing building material has been identified in the inventory of asbestos in place, safely removed or otherwise controlled, as far as is reasonably practicable, so as to eliminate the uncontrolled release of asbestos and asbestos dust. |
| (j) |
make any installation or fitting on or onto asbestos containing materials. |
[Regulation 24(f) and (j) substituted/inserted by Notice No. R. 5042, GG50930, dated 12 July 2024]
Medicines and Related Substances Act, 1965
