HSE warns it will enforce asbestos regs

In two days' time firms that have not got an asbestos management plan in place to comply with the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002 could face enforcement action from the Health & Safety Executive (HSE).
The regulations place responsibility on anyone in charge of the building and responsible for maintenance and repair to ensure that any asbestos is properly located, recorded and managed.
"Duty holders have had 18 months to prepare a strategy," said Peter Irvine, asbestos expert with international construction consultant The Dearle & Henderson Group. "Doing nothing is not an option, even at this late stage. The HSE has warned that it will enforce in cases of total inactivity."