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Free asbestos register template
An asbestos register is the record of every material in a building known or presumed to contain asbestos, with its location and condition. This one is a landscape editable PDF set out on the columns HSE uses in its survey guide. Four pages, free to use and reuse.
- Format
- Editable PDF
- Pages
- 4
- Built on
- CAR 2012, regulation 4, and HSE HSG264
- Cost
- Free, always
What is in the asbestos register template
4 pagesThe premises
The address, the dutyholder, the appointed person, the survey reports relied on and the plans, at the top of the first page.
One row per material
Location, material or product, survey and sample reference, presumed or sampled, asbestos type, extent, condition, surface treatment and accessibility.
Scores and action
The material score from the survey and your own priority score, the recommended action, whether it is labelled, and when it was last inspected and is next due.
Areas not accessed
Each area the surveyor could not reach, presumed to contain asbestos until it has been inspected.
Materials found free of asbestos
Sampled materials that proved not to contain asbestos, recorded so nobody mistakes them later.
Inspection log
Each condition check: what was found, the photograph, the action raised and whether the register was updated.
What the law and HSE say
Checked against the sourceA recorded assessment
The dutyholder for non-domestic premises must ensure an assessment of whether asbestos is or is liable to be present, considering its condition. The conclusions of the assessment and of every review must be recorded.
Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012, regulation 4(3), (4) and (7)Location and condition, passed on
Information about the location and condition of any asbestos must be given to every person liable to disturb it and made available to the emergency services.
Regulation 4(9)(c)The register
HSE's code of practice calls for a written record of the location and condition of asbestos and presumed asbestos, kept up to date. HSE's guidance alongside it says that record is frequently called an asbestos register, and it can be paper or electronic.
HSE L143, para 112 (code of practice) and paras 123 to 126 (guidance)What it should contain
As a minimum, HSE lists every known and presumed material, its type, how much there is and its condition, the dates of the original and last inspection, the material and priority assessments, and areas presumed to contain asbestos because the surveyor could not reach them.
HSE duty to manage guidanceKept up to date
HSE says to update the register at least once a year as part of the management plan review, or sooner if anything changes the risk.
HSE duty to manage guidanceHow to use it
Fill it from the survey report
HSE asks surveyors to present results so they can be lifted straight into a register. Copy each material across, one row each, and keep the report with it.
Check it before any work
Anyone planning work on the fabric checks the register first, even for a single drilled hole. Pass it to contractors at the tender or engagement stage.
Keep it live
Add materials when they are found or sampled, change the row when the condition changes, and record removals and repairs.
Asked most often
Questions about
Questions about
this template.
What is an asbestos register?
A record of every material in a building that is known or presumed to contain asbestos, with its location, extent, condition and the action needed. HSE's code of practice calls for a written record of where asbestos is and its condition, and HSE's guidance alongside it says that record is frequently referred to as an asbestos register.
Is an asbestos register a legal requirement?
Regulation 4 requires the dutyholder for non-domestic premises to record the conclusions of the asbestos assessment. Information on the location and condition of asbestos must reach anyone liable to disturb it. The regulation does not use the word register. HSE's code of practice calls for an up to date written record of location and condition, which is what a register is.
Who is responsible for the asbestos register?
The dutyholder: whoever has a contract or tenancy obligation to maintain or repair the non-domestic premises or, where there is none, whoever controls them. Day to day it is often kept by an appointed person, such as the facilities, estates or building manager.
Does a house need an asbestos register?
Not a private house or the inside of a flat, because the duty to manage in regulation 4 does not apply to domestic premises. HSE says it does apply to the common parts of multi-occupancy domestic premises, such as purpose-built flats and houses converted into flats: foyers, stairs, lifts and roof spaces, for example.
How often should an asbestos register be updated?
HSE says at least once a year, as part of the management plan review. Update it sooner if anything changes the risk: a material deteriorates, is removed or repaired, or new areas are surveyed or sampled.
What should an asbestos register include?
Every known and presumed material, its type, amount and condition, the dates of the original and last inspection, the material and priority assessments, and areas not accessed. HSE adds that photographs, actions with due dates and evidence of completion help.
Where does the information in an asbestos register come from?
Usually a management survey, which includes a material assessment of each item. HSE strongly recommends using a surveying organisation accredited by UKAS. You add the priority assessment, because only you know how each area is used and maintained.
Is this asbestos register template free?
Yes. It is free to download, use and reuse, including on paid work and for clients, with no sign-up and no email address. Type into it in any PDF reader, or print it and fill it in by hand.
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The same records,
The same records,
without the paper.
On the platform these stop being sheets. The check, the person, the date, the signature and the action that followed are recorded as the work runs and retrieved by site.