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The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019

S.R. 2019/185 · Made 26 September 2019

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Health And Safety

Made 26th September 2019

Coming into operation 1st November 2019

The Department for the Economyf1, being the Department concernedf2, makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 17(1) to (5), 20(2), 40(2) and (4), 54(1) and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 12, 14, 15, 17 and 19 of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (“the 1978 Order”)f3.

The Regulations give effect without modifications to proposals submitted to the Department by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland under Article 13(1A)f4 of the 1978 Order after the Executive had carried out consultations in accordance with Article 46(3)f5.

It appears to the Department that—

  1. a)

    the modifications referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4 and 6 of Schedule 9 are expedient as set out in Article 54(1) of the 1978 Order; and

  2. b)

    it is not appropriate to consult bodies in respect of such modifications in accordance with Article 54(5) of that Order.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

Formerly the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment; see 2016 c. 5, section 1(3); that Department was formerly the Department of Economic Development; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3(5); that Department was formerly the Department of Manpower Services, see S.I. 1982/846 (N.I. 11), Article 3

f2

See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)

f3

S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9): the general purposes of Part II referred to in Article 17(1) were extended by S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I. 17), Articles 3(1) and 4(1). Article 55(2) was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 1, paragraph 19

f4

Article 13(1) was substituted by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 4

f5

Article 46(3) was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 1, paragraphs 8 and 18

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Application
  4. 4Hazard evaluation
  5. 5Consequences assessment
  6. 6Review of hazard evaluation and consequences assessment
  7. 7Consequences report
  8. 8Detailed emergency planning zone
  9. 9Outline planning zone
  10. 10Operator’s emergency plan
  11. 11Off-site emergency plan
  12. 12Reviewing and testing of emergency plans
  13. 13Co-operation: operator and the Executive
  14. 14Consultation and co-operation: employers
  15. 15Charge for preparation, review and testing of emergency plans
  16. 16Implementation of emergency plans
  17. 17Emergency exposures: employees
  18. 18Disapplication of dose limits
  19. 19Reference levels
  20. 20Prior information to the public
  21. 21Duty of the Executive to supply information to the public in the event of an emergency
  22. 22Retention of information
  23. 23Radiation protection adviser
  24. 24Modifications relating to the Ministry of Defence etc
  25. 25Disclosure of information
  26. 26Revocation
  27. 27Transitional and savings provisions
  28. 28Consequential amendments
  29. Signature
  30. Schedule 1
  31. 1Table of radionuclides
  32. 2Quantity ratios for more than one radionuclide
  33. Schedule 2Fissile material
  34. Schedule 3: Consequences Assessment
  35. 1Paragraph 1
  36. 2Paragraph 2
  37. 3Paragraph 3
  38. 4Paragraph 4
  39. 5Paragraph 5
  40. 6Paragraph 6
  41. 7Paragraph 7
  42. 8Paragraph 8
  43. 9Paragraph 9
  44. Schedule 4: Particulars to be included in a consequences report
  45. Part 1: Factual Information
  46. 1Paragraph 1
  47. Part 2: Recommendations
  48. 2Paragraph 2
  49. 3Paragraph 3
  50. Part 3: Rationale
  51. 4Paragraph 4
  52. 5Paragraph 5
  53. Schedule 5: Information to be included in emergency plans
  54. Part 1: Information to be included in an operator’s emergency plan
  55. 1Paragraph 1
  56. Part 2: Information to be included in the off-site emergency plan
  57. Chapter 1: Information about detailed emergency planning zones
  58. 2Paragraph 2
  59. Chapter 2: Information about outline planning zones
  60. 3Paragraph 3
  61. 4Paragraph 4
  62. Chapter 3: Information which an off-site emergency plan shall contain
  63. 5Paragraph 5
  64. Schedule 6: Principles and purposes of emergency plans
  65. Part 1: Principles to which emergency plans shall have regard
  66. 1Paragraph 1
  67. Part 2: Purposes of emergency plans
  68. 2Paragraph 2
  69. Schedule 7: Prior information for members of the public
  70. Part 1: Information in relation to detailed emergency planning zones
  71. 1Paragraph 1
  72. 2Paragraph 2
  73. 3Paragraph 3
  74. 4Paragraph 4
  75. 5Paragraph 5
  76. 6Paragraph 6
  77. Part 2: Information in relation to outline planning zones
  78. 7Paragraph 7
  79. 8Paragraph 8
  80. 9Paragraph 9
  81. Schedule 8: Information to be supplied in the event of a radiation emergency
  82. 1Paragraph 1
  83. 2Paragraph 2
  84. 3Paragraph 3
  85. 4Paragraph 4
  86. 5Paragraph 5
  87. 6Paragraph 6
  88. Schedule 9: Consequential amendments
  89. 1Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999
  90. 2Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000
  91. 3Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) Regulations 2005
  92. 4Radioactive Contaminated Land Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006
  93. 5Ionising Radiations Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017
  94. 6Ionising Radiation (Basic Safety Standards) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2018
  95. Explanatory note