# The Ionising Radiations (Outside Workers) Regulations 1993, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“the 1985 Regulations” means the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1985;
“activities” means any service provided by an outside worker in a controlled area for which the operator is responsible;
“the Basic Safety Standards Directive” means Council Directive 80/836/Euratom laying down the basic safety standards for the health protection of the general public and workers against the dangers from ionising radiation as amended by Council Directive 84/467/Euratom;
“classified person” means—
(a) in the case of a person employed by an outside undertaking in Great Britain, a person who has been designated as a classified person under regulation 9 of the 1985 Regulations; or
(b) in the case of a person employed by an outside undertaking in Northern Ireland or in another member State, a person who has been designated as a Category A exposed worker within the meaning of Article 23 of the Basic Safety Standards Directive;
“competent authority” in relation to the competent authority of Northern Ireland or of a member State means the authority empowered to enforce the basic safety standards for the health protection of workers against dangers from ionising radiation in Northern Ireland or that member State;
“controlled area” means—
(a) in the case of an area situated in Great Britain, an area which has been designated as a controlled area under regulation 8 of the 1985 Regulations; or
(b) in the case of an area situated in Northern Ireland or in another member State, an area subject to special rules for the purposes of protection against ionising radiation and to which access is controlled as specified in Article 20 of the Basic Safety Standards Directive;
“dose assessment” means the dose assessment made and recorded by an approved dosimetry service in accordance with regulation 13 of the 1985 Regulations;
“dose estimate” means the estimate of the dose received by the outside worker made by the operator in accordance with regulation 6(2)(b);
“member State” means a member State of the Communities;
“operator” means a person in a member State who is responsible for an area which is or is required to be designated as a controlled area and is—
(a) in the case of an area situated in Great Britain, an area in which there is carried out work with ionising radiation which is required to be notified under regulation 5 of the 1985 Regulations or would be so notifiable if it were not excepted from notification by regulation 5(1)(b) of those Regulations; or
(b) in the case of an area situated in Northern Ireland or in another member State, an area in which there is carried out an activity that is required to be reported under Article 3 of the Basic Safety Standards Directive;
“outside undertaking” means the employer established in a member State of a classified person who undertakes activities of any sort in the controlled area of an operator (other than itself);
“outside worker” means a classified person employed by an outside undertaking who undertakes activities of any sort in the controlled area of any operator (other than the controlled area of the outside undertaking which employs him);
“radiation passbook” means—
(a) in the case of an outside worker employed by an outside undertaking in Great Britain, a passbook approved for the purpose of these Regulations by the Executive; or
(b) in the case of an outside worker employed by an outside undertaking in Northern Ireland or in another member State, a passbook authorised by the competent authority for Northern Ireland or that member State, as the case may be.
(2) Except where otherwise expressly provided for in these Regulations, expressions used in these Regulations shall have the same meanings as in regulation 2(1) of the 1985 Regulations.
(3) In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to—
(a) an employer includes a reference to a self-employed person and any duty imposed by these Regulations on an employer shall extend to a self-employed person; and
(b) an employee includes reference to a self-employed person.
(4) Duties under these Regulations imposed upon the operator shall also be imposed upon the manager of a mine or quarry (within, in either case, the meaning of section 180 of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954) in so far as those duties relate to the mine or quarry or part of the mine or quarry of which he is the manager and to matters under his control.
(5) Duties under these Regulations imposed upon the operator shall also be imposed on the holder of a nuclear site licence under the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 in so far as the duties relate to the licensed site.
(6) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
(a) a reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation in these Regulations so numbered; and
(b) a reference to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph so numbered in the regulation in which that reference occurs.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2379/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/ionising-radiations-outside-workers-regulations-1993/regulation-2
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