Health & Safety – Allison Court (Swindon) Management Limited

Asbestos

Regulation 4 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations (CAR 2006), imposes a legal duty to assess and manage the risk from Asbestos Containing Material (ACM) on those who have responsibility for the communal areas of blocks of flats built before the year 2000 (when asbestos was finally phased out). An asbestos survey should be completed to allow the person(s) responsible to comply with the Control of Asbestos Regulations.

Currently between 3500 and 4000 die every year from asbestos-related diseases and by the year 2020 it is predicted that 625,000 deaths directly related to asbestos exposure will have occurred.

Reasonable steps must be taken to identify ACM, if necessary, by presuming the presence of asbestos until proven otherwise.

Where asbestos is located managers are required to keep an Asbestos Register reports on the likely locations of asbestos in the communal areas together with any recommendations.