SCHEDULE 1ACTIVITIES, INSTALLATIONS AND MOBILE PLANT

PART 1:ACTIVITIES

Chapter 3—Mineral Industries

Section 3.2—Activities Involving Asbestos

Part A(1)

  1. a

    Producing asbestos or manufacturing products based on or containing asbestos.

  2. b

    Stripping asbestos from railway vehicles except—

    1. i

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

    2. ii

      in the course of recovery operations following an accident; or

    3. iii

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

  3. c

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

Part A(2)

Nil.

Part B

  1. a

    The industrial finishing of any of the following products where not related to an activity falling within Part A(1) of this Section—

  • 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.

Interpretation of Section 3.21

In this Section “asbestos” includes any of the following fibrous silicates: actinolite, amosite, anthophyllite, chrysotile, crocidolite and tremolite.