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【法规编号】 79993 什么是编号？
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CAP 59AD FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (ASBESTOS) REGULATION
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(Cap 59, section 7) [1 September 1997] L.N. 429 of 1997 (L.N. 74 of 1997) Cap 59AD s 1 (Omitted as spent) PART I PRELIMINARY (Omitted as spent) Cap 59AD s 2 Interpretation (1) In this Regulation, unless the context otherwise requires- "action level" (措施水平) means one of the following cumulative exposures to asbestos over a continuous 12-week period, namely- (a) where the exposure is solely to chrysotile, 96 fibre-hours per millilitre of air; or (b) where the exposure is to any other form of asbestos either alone or in mixtures including mixtures of chrysotile with any other form of asbestos, 48 fibre-hours per millilitre of air; or (c) where both types of exposure occur separately during the 12-week period, a proportionate number of fibre-hours per millilitre of air;"amphibole asbestos" (闪石类石棉) means any of the minerals crocidolite, amosite, fibrous actinolite, fibrous anthophyllite, fibrous tremolite and any mixture containing any of those minerals; "approved respiratory protective equipment" (认可呼吸防护设备) means any respiratory protective equipment approved by the Commissioner under section 4; "asbestos" (石棉) means chrysotile and amphibole asbestos and any mixture containing any of those minerals; "asbestos cement" (石棉水泥) means a material which is predominantly a mixture of cement and asbestos and which when in a dry state has a density greater than 1 tonne per cubic metre; "asbestos coating" (石棉涂层) means a surface coating which contains asbestos; "asbestos insulating board" (石棉绝缘板) means any sheet, tile or building board consisting of a mixture of asbestos and other material which mixture when in a dry state has a density greater than 500 kilograms per cubic metre; "asbestos insulation" (石棉绝缘物) means any material containing asbestos and used for thermal, acoustic or other insulation purposes (including fire protection) except- (a) asbestos cement or asbestos insulating board; or (b) any article of bitumen, plastic, resin or rubber which contains asbestos and the thermal and acoustic properties of which are incidental to its main purpose;"asbestos spraying" (石棉喷涂) means the application by spraying of any material containing asbestos to form a continuous surface coating; "control limit" (控制限度) means one of the following concentrations of asbestos in the atmosphere of the industrial undertaking, namely- (a) for chrysotile- (i) 0.5 fibres per millilitre of air averaged over any continuous period of 4 hours; (ii) 1.5 fibres per millilitre of air averaged over any continuous period of 10 minutes;(b) for any other form of asbestos either alone or in mixtures including mixtures of chrysotile with any other form of asbestos- (i) 0.2 fibres per millilitre of air averaged over any continuous period of 4 hours; (ii) 0.6 fibres per millilitre of air averaged over any continuous period of 10 minutes;"proprietor" (东主) means a proprietor of any industrial undertaking; "protective clothing" (防护衣物) means clothing which is impervious to asbestos dust and which when worn can protect the body and personal clothing of the wearer from contamination by asbestos; "work with asbestos coating or asbestos insulation" (石棉涂层或石棉绝缘物工作) includes any work in which asbestos coating or asbestos insulation is removed, repaired or disturbed. (2) For the purpose of this Regulation- (a) any reference to a workman being exposed to asbestos in an industrial undertaking shall be construed as a reference to the exposure of that workman to asbestos dust arising out of or in connection with any work with asbestos which is carried out in the industrial undertaking; (b) in determining whether a workman is exposed to asbestos or whether the extent of exposure exceeds the action level or any control limit, no account shall be taken of any respiratory protective equipment that is being worn by the workman; and (c) the method for measuring exposure of workman to asbestos in the atmosphere of the industrial undertaking shall be a method approved by the Commissioner. Cap 59AD s 3 Application This Regulation applies to all industrial undertakings in which any work with asbestos is carried out. Cap 59AD s 4 Approval of respiratory protective equipment, etc. (1) For the purposes of this Regulation, the Commissioner may approve any respiratory protective equipment and shall publish in the Gazette the name or description of the respiratory protective equipment. (2) The Commissioner may, by notice in the Gazette, revoke any approval given by him under subsection (1) in respect of any respiratory protective equipment. (3) The Commissioner may also by notice in the Gazette set out the approved form for notification under section 6(4) and the approved method for measuring exposure to asbestos under section 15(1)(a), as well as the approved form of health register under section 17(3). Cap 59AD s 5 Assessment of work |
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