What You Need to Know About Asbestos Surveys

Because of the potential dangers surrounding asbestos exposure, a mass of legislation has been introduced over the years to ensure the protection of workers and members of the public. One of the toughest pieces of legislation is known as Regulation 4 and relates to the duty to manage asbestos (asbestos surveys).

This regulation applies to all non-domestic premises and certain parts of domestic premises, and places legal duty on the ‘duty holder’ to take active steps to identify, manage and monitor asbestos materials in their building.

For the record, if you refer to the Approved Code of Practice 127 you’ll find what the term ‘duty holder’ refers to. It includes employers and self-employed people if they have the responsibility of maintaining non-domestic premises. Basically if you are in control of the maintenance of a non-domestic premises the term applies to you. Read the rest of this entry »