Regulations, 2004

L.N. 173 of 2004

NATIONAL INTEREST (ENABLING POWERS) ACT

(CAP. 365)

Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (Amendment)

Regulations, 2004

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 3 of the National

Interest (Enabling Powers) Act, the Prime Minister has made the

following regulations>–

(1) The title of these regulations is the Nuclear Safety Citation,

commencement

and Radiation Protection (Amendment) Regulations, 2004, and they and scope.

shall be read and construed as one with the Nuclear Safety and

Radiation Protection Regulations, 2003, herein after referred to as L.N. 44 of 2003.

“the principal regulations”.

(2) These regulations shall come into force on the 30th

of April, 2004.

(3) These regulations implement 96#29#Euratom Basic

Safety Standards Directive and the 90#641#Euratom Outside Workers

Directive.

The following definition shall be inserted immediately after Amends regulation

3 of the principal

the definition “activation” in sub-regulation (1) of regulation 3 of regulations.

the principal regulations>-

“activities performed by an outside worker” means any

service provided by an outside worker in a controlled area for

which a radiation employer is responsible<

The following sub-regulation shall be inserted immediately Amends regulation

after sub-regulation (5) of regulation 20 of the principal regulations>- 20

regulations.

“(6) No person shall either deliberately add radioactive

substances in the production of foodstuffs, toys, personal

ornaments and cosmetics, or import or export such goods if

they contain added radioactive substances.”

The following provisos shall be inserted immediately at

the end of regulation 25 of the principal regulations>-

“provided that –

(1) for external radiation, the values and relationships

given in Annex II of 96#29#Euratom, Basic Safety Standards,

Directive shall be used to estimate the relevant effective and

equivalent doses< and

(2) for internal exposure from a radionuclide or from a

mixture of radionuclides, the values and relationships given in

Annexes II and III of 96#29#Euratom, Basic Safety Standards

Directive, may be used to estimate the effective doses.”

For paragraph (1) (b) of regulation 28 of the principal

regulations there shall be substituted the following>-

“(b) category B> those exposed workers over 18 years of

age, who are not classified as exposed category A workers.”

For sub-regulation (3) of regulation 44 of the principal

regulations there shall be substituted the following>-

“(3) For the purpose of carrying out his functions under

these regulations, an approved medical practitioner or approved

occupational health service must have access to any relevant

information they may require, including such information about

the environmental conditions existing in the workplace.”

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