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This guidance aims to help schools and colleges understand their duties in relation to asbestos management. It provides:

• further clarity on the role of dutyholders and employers
• practical information about what dutyholders are required to do to manage asbestos effectively
• an updated section on what to do if thing go wrong

This advice is for:

• school leaders
• school staff
• governing bodies
• responsible bodies (as duty holders)

It should be used alongside more detailed advice from the from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), such as:

• The duty to manage asbestos in buildings
• Asbestos management checklist for schools

Duties around asbestos management remain unchanged and are set out in law by HSE in theirintroduction to asbestos safety.