Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “2013 Directive” means Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom of 5 December 2013 laying down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation, and repealing Directives 89/618/Euratom, 90/641/Euratom, 96/29/Euratom, 97/43/Euratom and 2003/122/Euratom^f1;

• “class or type of practice” has the same meaning as in Article 19(1) of the 2013 Directive;

• “health detriment” has the meaning given by Article 4(39) of the 2013 Directive;

• “Justification Regulations” means the Justification of Practices Involving Ionising Radiation Regulations 2004^f2;

• “justified” in relation to a class or type of practice means that the individual or societal benefit resulting from the class or type of practice outweighs the health detriment that it may cause;

• “Justifying Authority” has the meaning given by regulation 6 of the Justification Regulations;

• “minor justification decision” means a decision that for the purposes of the Justification Regulations—

  1. (a)

     determines that a class or type of practice is no longer justified; or

  2. (b)

     introduces or changes a condition relating to the justification of a class or type of practice; and

• “positive justification decision” means a decision that for the purposes of the Justification Regulations determines that a class or type of practice is justified, where it was not previously justified.