reg 15 Hygiene and individual protection
(1) The employer must take appropriate measures to ensure that— (a) areas are set aside where workers can eat and drink without risking contamination by asbestos, (b) separate storage places are provided for working or protective clothing and for non-work clothing, (c) workers are provided with appropriate and adequate washing and toilet facilities, including showers in the case of dusty operations, (d) personal protective equipment is placed within a well-defined place and is checked and cleaned after each use, (e) workers are provided with appropriate working or protective clothing which, subject to paragraph (2), remains within the ship, (f) equipment found to be defective is repaired or replaced before further use, and (g) any working or protective clothing to be disposed of is treated as asbestos waste. (2) The employer must ensure that the cleaning of working or protective clothing is be carried out either on the ship where that clothing was worn, if the ship is suitably equipped for such cleaning, or in a suitably equipped laundry. (3) The employer must store and transport working or protective clothing for cleaning packed in suitable sealed and labelled containers.