S.I. No. 528/2022 - European Union (Basic Safety Standards for Protection Against Dangers Arising from Medical Exposure to Ionising Radiation) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Basic Safety Standards for Protection Against Dangers Arising from Medical Exposure to Ionising Radiation) (Amendment) Regulations 2022.

(2) The Principal Regulations, the European Union (Basic Safety Standards for Protection Against Dangers Arising from Medical Exposure to Ionising Radiation) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (

S.I. No. 332 of 2019

), the European Union (Basic Safety Standards for Protection Against Dangers Arising from Medical Exposure to Ionising Radiation) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (

S.I. No. 413 of 2019

) and these Regulations may be cited together as the European Union (Basic Safety Standards for Protection Against Dangers Arising from Medical Exposure to Ionising Radiation) Regulations 2018 to 2022.

2. In these Regulations “Principal Regulations” means the European Union (Basic Safety Standards for Protection Against Dangers Arising from Medical Exposure to Ionising Radiation) Regulations 2018 (

S.I. No. 256 of 2018

).

3. Regulation 13(4) of the Principal Regulations is amended by substituting “Authority” for “Minister”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

20 October, 2022.

STEPHEN DONNELLY,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(

This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.

)

These Regulations amend the European Union (Basic Safety Standards for Protection Against Dangers Arising from Medical Exposure to Ionising Radiation) Regulations 2018 so that the Health Information and Quality Authority is now responsible for developing national procedures for clinical audits.

These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Basic Safety Standards for Protection Against Dangers Arising from Medical Exposure to Ionising Radiation) (Amendment) Regulations 2022.

1 OJ No. L 13, 17.1.2014, p. 1.

2 OJ No. L 72, 17.3.2016, p. 69.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

25

th October,

2022.

I, STEPHEN DONNELLY, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 3

of the

European Communities Act 1972

(No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving further effect to Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM of 5 December 2013

1

, as affected by Corrigendum to Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM of 17 March 2016

2

, insofar as it relates to medical exposures, hereby make the following regulations