S.L. 549.18 Art. 3Measurestoreduce asbestos waste. S.L. 549.08

(1) No person may make use of asbestos.

(2) The competent authority shall ensure that asbestos emissions into the air, asbestos discharges into the aquatic environment, and solid asbestos waste are, as far as reasonably practicable, reduced at source and prevented.

(3) In the case of existing and new plants, the requirement in subregulation (1) that best available technology not entailing excessive costs be used to reduce and eliminate emissions of asbestos into the air, established in regulation 11 of the Combating of Air Pollution from Industrial Plants Regulations, shall be applied.