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Marginal note:Laboratory use

• 13 (1) A person may use the following in a laboratory in scientific research, for sample characterization or as an analytical standard and may import or sell it for such use:

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• Marginal note:Asbestos management plan

  (2) A person who uses processed asbestos fibres referred to in paragraph (1)(a) in a laboratory in scientific research or as an analytical standard must prepare and implement an asbestos management plan that meets the requirements set out in Schedule 1.

• (3) A person must submit a report to the Minister that includes the elements referred to in subsection (5) before March 31 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which they

  • (a) imported processed asbestos fibres referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or a product referred to in paragraph (1)(b) or (c) for use in a laboratory in scientific research or as an analytical standard if the import occurred after the coming into force of these Regulations; or

  • (b) used processed asbestos fibres referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or a product referred to in paragraph (1)(b) or (c) in a laboratory in scientific research or as an analytical standard if those fibres or that product was imported after the coming into force of these Regulations.

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• (5) The report must include the following elements:

  • (a) the name, civic address in Canada and postal address of the laboratory or the importer, as the case may be;

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  • (d) if the person submitting the report is described in paragraph (3)(b)

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    • (iii) a statement indicating whether the processed asbestos fibres or the products referred to in paragraph (1)(b) or (c) were used in the calendar year to which the report relates in scientific research, as an analytical standard or both, and

22 A report submitted under subsection 16(6), 17(6), 18(6), 19(6), 20(6) or 21(6) must include

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• (c) in the case of a permit issued under subsection 16(3) or 17(3),

  • (i) if the permit is in respect of processed asbestos fibres, the forms and quantities of those fibres that were imported or used, as the case may be, under the authority of the permit and the unit of measurement used to describe those quantities, and

  • (ii) if the permit is in respect of products referred to in paragraph 16(1)(b) or (c) or paragraph 17(1)(b) or (c), the names and descriptions of those products and the number of products that were imported or used, as the case may be, under the authority of the permit, by type of product;

• (d) in the case of a permit issued under subsection 18(3), 19(3), 20(3) or 21(3),

  • (i) the names and descriptions of each product containing processed asbestos fibres that was imported or used, as the case may be, under the authority of the permit, and

  • (ii) the number of products containing processed asbestos fibres that were imported or used, as the case may be, under the authority of the permit, by type of product; and

Marginal note:Asbestos management plan

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• Marginal note:Sale to permit holder

  (5) A person may sell a product referred to in subsection 18(1), 19(1), 20(1) or 21(1) to the holder of a permit issued under subsection 18(3), 19(3), 20(3) or 21(3), as the case may be, if the sale is consistent with the purpose of the permit.

• Marginal note:Use and sale — equipment

  (6) Any person may use or sell equipment that was serviced with a product containing processed asbestos fibres under the authority of a permit issued under subsection 18(3), 19(3), 20(3) or 21(3), unless the permit that allowed the product to be imported or used, as the case may be, has been revoked under subsection 23(1).

Marginal note:Servicing equipment of nuclear facilities

• 11 (1) A person may import, sell or use a product containing processed asbestos fibres to service equipment of a nuclear facility before January 1, 2023, if there is no technically or economically feasible asbestos-free alternative available at the time of the import, sale or use, as the case may be.

Marginal note:Servicing military equipment

• 10 (1) A person may import, sell or use products containing processed asbestos fibres to service military equipment before January 1, 2023, if there is no technically or economically feasible asbestos-free alternative available when the product is imported, sold or used, as the case may be.