Singapore legislation
Regulation 8
Regulation 8
Restricting access to asbestos work area
Subregulation 1
It shall be the duty of a responsible person with respect to any person who carries out or is to carry out any work involving asbestos to ensure that no person has access to that asbestos work area unless —
that person carries out or is to carry out any work involving asbestos in that asbestos work area; and
that person is using the personal protective equipment provided to him by the responsible person.
Subregulation 2
It shall be the duty of the responsible person with respect to any person who carries out or is to carry out any work involving asbestos to ensure —
that the asbestos work area where the work is or is to be carried out is effectively barricaded or enclosed to delineate it from other areas in the workplace; and
that warning signs are displayed at one or more conspicuous places of that asbestos work area to warn of the hazards of exposure to asbestos.
Subregulation 3
Nothing in this regulation shall operate to interfere with or render unlawful any rescue work or other work necessary for the general safety of life or property.