The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) ended a consultation on changes to the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 (CAR 2006) on 4 November, relating to proposed new regulations to replace the CAR 2006. The changes are being made to bring UK asbestos regulations in line with the EC directive on asbestos.
The revised regulations will mean that more employers carrying out some types of lower risk, short duration maintenance and repair work with asbestos will have to comply with requirements to notify of asbestos work, keep records and carry out medical examinations for workers.
In the future, there will be three categories of work with asbestos as opposed to two:
1 Licensed works
2 Non-licensed works
3 Notifiable non licensed
