Regulation 5 Amendment of the Radioactive Substances (Basic Safety Standards) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

(1)

The Radioactive Substances (Basic Safety Standards) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003^f1 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3)—

(2)

in regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a)

at the appropriate place insert—

““the Directive” means Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM laying down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from the exposure to ionising radiation and repealing Directives 89/618/Euratom, 90/641/Euratom, 96/29/Euratom, 97/43/Euratom and 2003/122/Euratom.”.

(3)

in regulation 3 (duty of Chief Inspector to observe requirements of the Directive)—

(a)

in paragraph 1(b)—

(i)

for “Article 13” substitute “Article 12”; and

(ii)

for “Article 6(4)” substitute “Article 5(c);

(b)

in paragraph 2(a) after “source” omit “from which radioactive discharges are first made after 1^st May 2003”;

(c)

in paragraph (3)—

(i)

for sub-paragraph “(a)” substitute—

“(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^f2; and

(ii)
from internal exposure, chapter 1 of the International Commission for Radiological Protection Publication 119^f3; and”;

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (b)—

(aa)

for “Article 45” substitute “Article 66”; and

(bb)

after “Article 66” omit “; and” and substitute “.”; and

(iii)

omit sub-paragraph (c).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 2003 No. 208
f2: ICRP Publication 116
f3: ICRP Publication 119