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The person must ensure that personal protective equipment used in asbestos-related work and contaminated with asbestos —
(a) is sealed in a container, and that the exterior of the container is decontaminated and labelled in accordance with Schedule 9 clause 8 to indicate the presence of asbestos before being removed; and
(b) so far as is reasonably practicable, is disposed of on the completion of the asbestos-related work at a site authorised to accept asbestos waste; and
(c) if it is not reasonably practicable to dispose of the personal protective equipment that is clothing —
(i) is laundered at a laundry equipped to launder asbestos-contaminated clothing; or
(ii) if it is not practicable to launder the clothing, is kept in the sealed container until it is re-used for the purposes of asbestos-related work;
and
(d) if it is not reasonably practicable to dispose of the personal protective equipment that is not clothing —
(i) is decontaminated before it is removed from the asbestos removal area; or
(ii) if it is not practicable to decontaminate the equipment in the asbestos removal area — is kept in the sealed container until it is re-used for the purposes of asbestos-related work.
Example for this subregulation:
Work boots.