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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted a company which removed asbestos from the ceiling of a school, despite not holding a licence for asbestos work.

In 2013, Clarks Construction Limited were contracted by the Board of Governors of Caddington Village School to refurbish changing rooms, toilets and associated areas at the school complex.

The school had arranged for a specific refurbishment survey to be carried out for the presence of asbestos. The survey identified the presence of asbestos in a ceiling of one of the rooms.

An HSE investigation found that Clarks Construction Limited removed the ceiling in August 2013 without consultation with the school – or effective reference to the asbestos survey.

At Luton Magistrates’ Court, Clarks Construction Limited of Windsor Street in Luton was fined a total of £3,300 and ordered to pay £662 in costs, after pleading guilty to a breach of Regulation 8(1) of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 for carrying out work which – given the inherent level of risk involved – requires a licensed contractor.

Removal of asbestos by unlicensed contractors can put employees of the contractor at risk of asbestos-related disease, as well as members of the public.

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