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(a)Producing raw asbestos by extraction from the ore except where the process is directly associated with the mining of the ore.
(b)The manufacture and, where related to the manufacture, the industrial finishing of the following products where the use of asbestos is involved—
asbestos cement
asbestos cement products
asbestos fillers
asbestos filters
asbestos floor coverings
asbestos friction products
asbestos insulating board
asbestos jointing, packaging and reinforcement material
asbestos packing
asbestos paper or card
asbestos textiles.
(c)The stripping of 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 a resin).
(d)The destruction by burning of a railway vehicle if asbestos has been incorporated in, or sprayed onto, its structure.
The industrial finishing of any product mentioned in paragraph (b) of Part A of this Section if the process does not fall within that paragraph.
In this Section, “asbestos” means any of the following fibrous silicates—
actinolite, amosite, anthophyllite, chrysotile, crocidolite and tremolite.