Property Matters
Building Grants, Loans, Release of Funds and Other Property Procedures
Annual Inspection of Church Properties
Guidance Notes for Quinquennial Inspection
Construction Design and Management Regulations 2015
The Equality Act 2010 – How It Affects Our Buildings
Gas Servicing Guidelines – Residential Property
Property MattersControl of Asbestos Regulations 2012
Introduction
The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 apply and update previous regulations for the control of asbestos.
The HSE have produced guidance for anyone who is responsible for maintenance and repairs in a building which may contain asbestos – ‘The dutyholder’.
You are a ‘dutyholder’ if:
For local churches the ‘dutyholder’ is usually the trustees (elders) of the church and covers the following buildings:
Duty to Manage Asbestos
The duty to manage asbestos is contained in regulation 4 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. It requires the person who has the duty (elders) to:
There is also a requirement on anyone to co-operate as far as is necessary to allow the duty holder to comply with the above requirements.
The 3 essential steps
There are three essential steps to ensure that dutyholders comply with the Regulations:
Basic principles
There are a number of basic principles that should be followed when dealing with materials containing or presumed to contain asbestos:
Selection of a surveyor
It is recommended that you employ a competent person to deal with the asbestos survey for you. When making the appointment of a competent person you should:
Types of survey
Managing trustees (elders) must remember that the Regulation places a ‘duty to manage’. This means that it is essential that trustees at a local level arrange for survey of all building stock and keep a record of any asbestos. This is best done by recording everything in an asbestos register which should be reviewed annually.
The types of survey are:
Management Survey
The purpose of this survey is to locate and assess the extent of asbestos containing materials (ACMs) and their condition. It is still possible to be presumptive in this type of survey, but it will usually include the need to be intrusive as material sampling will be necessary.
Refurbishment or Demolition survey
This survey is needed before any refurbishment or demolition work is carried out. This survey is used to locate and describe all ACMs in the area where the refurbishment work will take place or in the whole building if demolition is planned. It will be fully intrusive and often involve destructive inspection so that all areas where the work or demolition is to be carried out have been surveyed, tested and reported on. This type of survey will lead to removal of all materials containing asbestos to be carried out, under controlled conditions, prior to the refurbishment or demolition work being commenced.
Further Information
Further information and guidance can be found on the HSE website: http://www.hse.gov.uk/pUbns/priced/hsg264.pdf
A large print version of this document is available upon request. Contact Synod Office: 020 7799 5000.
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