The Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2000

Section 3.2Activities Involving Asbestos
PART A
(a)

Producing asbestos or manufacturing products based on or containing asbestos.

(b)

Stripping asbestos from railway vehicles except–

(i)

in the course of the repair or maintenance of the vehicle;

(ii)

in the course of recovery operations following an accident; or

(iii)

where the asbestos is permanently bonded in cement or in any other material (including plastic, rubber or resin).

(c)

Destroying a railway vehicle by burning if asbestos has been incorporated in, or sprayed on to, its structure.

PART B

The industrial finishing, including shaping, drilling, or fitting manufactured asbestos products, of any of the following products where not carried out in conjunction with manufacture–

  • asbestos filters;

  • asbestos friction products;

  • asbestos jointing, packaging, and reinforcement material;

  • asbestos packing;

  • asbestos textiles.

Interpretation of Section 3.2

In this Section, “asbestos” includes any of the following fibrous silicates:–

  • actinolite, amosite, anthophylite, chrysotile, crocidolite and tremolite.