Licensed asbestos removal

• removing sprayed coatings (limpet asbestos)
• removal or other work which may disturb pipe lagging
• any work involving loose fill insulation
• work on asbestos millboard
• cleaning up significant quantities of loose/fine debris containing ACM dust (where the work is not sporadic and of low intensity, the control limit will be exceeded or it is not short duration work)
• work on AIB, where the risk assessment indicates that it will not be of short duration

If the activity is licensable, you will require a licence if you are working with asbestos as an 'asbestos contractor' on someone else's premises, or within your own premises using your own employees.

A licence may include conditions requiring the licence holder to achieve specific objectives or restrict the licence holder to specific work. For example:

• for an ancillary task such as scaffolding where the work is licensable;
• maintaining air extraction equipment where the work is licensable;
• supervisory work with asbestos where the work is licensable.

All licensable work must be notified to the appropriate enforcing authority using the ASB5 form at least 14 days before the work starts.