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From: Chemical Hazards Handbook
Section: 3 The legal framework - Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations -

Regulation 9: Maintenance, examination and test of control measures

The ACoP says, "Every employer who provides any control measure to meet the requirement of Regulation 7 shall ensure that it is maintained in an efficient state, in efficient working order and in good repair and, in the case of personal protective equipment, in a clean condition ... Every employer shall keep a suitable record of the examinations and tests carried out ... and of any repairs carried out as a result ... and that record or a suitable summary thereof shall be kept for at least five years from the date on which it was made."

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