297Clearance certificates

297  Clearance certificates

(1) The person who commissioned the Class A or Class B asbestos removal work must obtain a clearance certificate from an independent person on completion of the asbestos removal work and before the area where the asbestos removal work was being performed is re-occupied.

(2) A clearance certificate must state that—

(a) an inspection by an independent person has found that there is no visible asbestos residue remaining as a result of the asbestos removal work in the area where the asbestos removal work was performed or in the area immediately surrounding the area where the asbestos removal work was performed; and

(b) if required under regulation 292 or 294, asbestos paraoccupational air monitoring in the area where the asbestos removal work was performed indicates that the airborne asbestos fibre level is less than 0·01 f/ml.

(3) Despite subregulations (1) and (2), a clearance certificate is not required if the asbestos removal work consisted only of the removal of non-friable asbestos-containing material not exceeding 10 square metres in total.