reg 16 Information for workers
(1) The employer must take appropriate measures to ensure that workers and their representatives receive adequate information concerning— (a) the potential risks to health from exposure to asbestos, (b) the existence of the limit value and the need for the atmosphere to be monitored, (c) hygiene requirements, including the need to refrain from smoking, (d) the precautions to be taken as regards the wearing and use of personal protective equipment, and (e) special precautions designed to minimise exposure to asbestos. (2) The employer must in addition take appropriate measures to ensure that— (a) workers and their representatives have access to the results of the measurements of the airborne concentration of asbestos fibres and can be given explanations of the significance of those results, and (b) if the results exceed the limit value, the workers concerned and their representatives are informed as quickly as possible of the fact and the reasons for it and are consulted on the measures to be taken or, in an emergency, are informed of the measures which have been taken.