CAMBRIDGE, England, January 26/PRNewswire/ -- The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 are now in force and contain a number of important changes for employers, property owners/managers and asbestos specialists. Leading UK asbestos consultancy Thames Laboratories has published a special asbestos podcast - free to download from their website - to help duty holders get to grips with the new regulations. In the podcast Kelly Mansfield of Workplace Law Magazine interviews John Richards, Managing Director of Thames Laboratories, on the subject of the new Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006. The discussion covers vital areas of the new legislation including: - changes to Regulation 4 (duty to manage) - changes to exposure levels - facilities managers' duty to outside contractors - employers' responsibility to train staff - textured coatings - the meaning of 'sporadic low intensity work' The new legislation that came into force in November 2006 supersedes three previous sets of regulations - the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002, The Asbestos (Licensing) Regulations 1983, as amended, and the Asbestos (Prohibitions) Regulations 1992, as amended - and provides guidelines for work carried out with asbestos and asbestos-containing products. John Richards commented: "Thames Laboratories produced the podcast to help duty holders understand the implications of the new regulations. We want to provide the most up-to-date asbestos information in the most accessible manner possible: we felt that a podcast was the best way to do this." The asbestos management podcast is available to download in full from: http://www.thameslabs.co.uk/asbestos/guidance/interview.html. Further information and advice is available from http://www.thameslabs.co.uk/asbestos/guidance.html, including a free Asbestos Management Report and new asbestos forum where employers, property owners and asbestos specialists can discuss management and compliance issues.
