Regulation 20 Revocation and transitional provisionI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

The Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2000^f1 are revoked.

(2)

Subject to the transitional provisions in paragraph (3), the Medicines (Administration of Radioactive Substances) Regulations 1978^f2 and the Medicines (Radioactive Substances) Order 1978^f3 are also revoked to the extent that they apply in England and Wales and Scotland.

(3)

Any certificate issued to a person under the Medicines (Administration of Radioactive Substances) Regulations 1978 which is valid on 6th February 2018 is deemed—

(a)

to be a licence issued under these Regulations for as long as that certificate remains valid; and

(b)

to license the employer responsible for the medical radiological installation for the matters specified in that certificate.

(4)

Nothing in paragraph (3) prevents a person from applying for a licence under these Regulations on or after the date that they come into force.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 20 in force at 6.2.2018, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2000/1059; amended by paragraph (1) of Schedule 8 to the Care Act 2014 (c. 23), S.I. 2004/1031, S.I. 2006/2523, S.I. 2006/2806, S.I. 2007/1898, S.I. 2009/462, S.I. 2011/1567 and S.I. 2012/1916.
f2: S.I. 1978/1006, amended by S.I. 1995/2147, 2005/2754 and 2006/2407.
f3: S.I. 1978/1004, amended by S.I. 2006/2407.