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Regulation 3 ApplicationI1

England, Wales and Scotland

F1(1)

These Regulations apply to the exposure of ionising radiation in England and Wales and Scotland—

(a)

to patients as part of their own medical diagnosis or treatment;

(b)

to individuals as part of health screening programmes;

(c)

to patients or other persons voluntarily participating in medical or biomedical, diagnostic or therapeutic, research programmes;

(d)

to carers and comforters;

(e)

to asymptomatic individuals;

(f)

to individuals undergoing F2a non-medical imaging F3a non-medical imaging exposure.

F4(2)

Regulation 21 and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 4 apply to the exposure of ionising radiation in Northern Ireland.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Reg. 3 renumbered as reg. 3(1) (6.2.2018) by The Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/121), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(a)

F2

Word in reg. 3(1)(f) inserted (1.10.2024) by The Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/896), regs. 1(2), 3(a)

F3

Words in reg. 3(1)(f) substituted (1.10.2024) by The Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/896), regs. 1(2), 3(b)

F4

Reg. 3(2) inserted (6.2.2018) by The Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/121), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 3 in force at 6.2.2018, see reg. 1