210Control risk of exposure—employer or self‑employed person

210  Control risk of exposure—employer or self‑employed person

(1) An employer or self-employed person must ensure that a person is not exposed to an atmospheric concentration of asbestos fibres arising from the conduct of an undertaking of the employer or self‑employed person in excess of the asbestos exposure standard.

(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1), the employer or self-employed person must, so far as is reasonably practicable, eliminate the exposure of persons at the workplace to airborne asbestos fibres, arising from the undertaking of the employer or self-employed person.

(3) If it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate the exposure of persons at the workplace to airborne asbestos fibres arising from the undertaking of the employer or self-employed person, the employer or self-employed person must reduce that exposure so far as is reasonably practicable.

2 Part 4 of the Act sets out the duty of the employer to consult with employees, including in respect of making decisions about the measures to be taken to control risks to health or safety. This consultation must involve the health and safety representative (if any). See also regulation 21.