| Changes in current asbestos legislation, andhow it | | | | change the guidelines! |
| affects you | | | | The older styled type one and two surveys have |
| Is there such a thing as a type 1,2 or 3 asbestos | | | | been replaced by asbestos management surveys |
| survey? the answer = NO!, read on!! | | | | An asbestos management survey is required to |
| Asbestos current legislation | | | | establish if asbestos is present within any type of |
| The Government introduced new regulations that | | | | workplace where people may be exposed to |
| were to be followed in relation to the control of | | | | asbestos. Such as employees, tradesmen, |
| asbestos At that time the government devised a | | | | maintenance, public etc there must be a bona fide |
| set of asbestos guidelines called m.d.h.s. Asbestos | | | | health & safety plan in place to protect the |
| surveyors were to follow guidelines for carrying | | | | workforce from asbestos exposure! Having a |
| out asbestos surveysThe old surveying guide | | | | management survey of the premises does NOT |
| turned out to be full of loopholes and some | | | | constitute compliance with your asbestos or any |
| asbestos surveying companies were abusing the | | | | other Health & Safety obligations. |
| system, the government recognised they had to | | | | |