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Regulation 3 Duty of Chief Inspector to observe requirements of the DirectiveI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

In discharging his functions in relation to the disposal of radioactive waste under the 1993 Act, the Chief Inspector shall, whenever applicable, ensure that –

(a)

all exposures to ionising radiation of any members of the public and of the population as a whole resulting from the disposal of radioactive waste are kept as low as reasonably achievable, economic and social factors being taken into account; and

(b)

the sum of the doses resulting from the exposure of any members of the public to ionising radiation should not exceed the dose limits set out in F1Article 12 of the Directive (subject to the exclusions set out in F2Article 5(c) of the Directive).

(2)

Shall have regard to the following maximum doses which may result from a defined source, for use at the planning stage of the radiation protection –

(a)

0.3 millisieverts per year from any source F3...; or

(b)

0.5 millisieverts per year from the discharges from any single site.

(3)

In discharging his duty under paragraph (1) the Chief Inspector shall observe the following requirements of the Directive –

F4(a)

when estimating effective dose and equivalent dose—

(i)

from external exposure, chapters 4 and 5 of the International Commission for Radiological Protection Publication 116; and

(ii)

from internal exposure, chapter 1 of the International Commission for Radiological Protection Publication 119; and

(b)

in estimating population doses, F5Article 66 F6.

F7(c)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 3(1)(b) substituted (1.6.2018) by The Radioactive Substances (Modification of Enactments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/116), regs. 1(1), 5(3)(a)(i)

F2

Words in reg. 3(1)(b) substituted (1.6.2018) by The Radioactive Substances (Modification of Enactments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/116), regs. 1(1), 5(3)(a)(ii)

F3

Words in reg. 3(2)(a) omitted (1.6.2018) by virtue of The Radioactive Substances (Modification of Enactments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/116), regs. 1(1), 5(3)(b)

F4

Reg. 3(3)(a) substituted (1.6.2018) by The Radioactive Substances (Modification of Enactments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/116), regs. 1(1), 5(3)(c)(i)

F5

Words in reg. 3(3)(b) substituted (1.6.2018) by The Radioactive Substances (Modification of Enactments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/116), regs. 1(1), 5(3)(aa)(c)(ii)

F6

Full stop in reg. 3(3)(b) substituted (1.6.2018) by The Radioactive Substances (Modification of Enactments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/116), regs. 1(1), 5(3)(bb)(c)(ii)

F7

Reg. 3(3)(c) omitted (1.6.2018) by virtue of The Radioactive Substances (Modification of Enactments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/116), regs. 1(1), 5(3)(c)(iii)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 3 in operation at 1.5.2003, see reg. 1