Section 3.2Activities Involving Asbestos
PART A
Producing asbestos or manufacturing products based on or containing asbestos.
Stripping asbestos from railway vehicles except–
in the course of the repair or maintenance of the vehicle;
in the course of recovery operations following an accident; or
where the asbestos is permanently bonded in cement or in any other material (including plastic, rubber or resin).
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.