2017 No. 1075 HEALTH AND SAFETY - …

1 S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2017 No. 1075 HEALTH AND SAFETY The Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 Made - - - - 27th November 2017 Laid before Parliament 30th November 2017 Coming into force - - 1st January 2018 CONTENTS PART 1 PRELIMINARY 1. Citation and commencement 2. Interpretation 3. Application 4. Duties under the Regulations PART 2 GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES 5. Notification of certain work 6. Registration of certain practices 7. Consent to carry out specified practices 8. radiation risk assessments 9. Restriction of exposure 10. Personal protective equipment 11. Maintenance and examination of engineering controls etc and personal protective equipment 12.

2 Dose limitation 13. Contingency plans PART 3 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF radiation protection 14. radiation protection adviser 15. Information, instruction and training 16. Co-operation between employers 2 PART 4 DESIGNATED AREAS 17. Designation of controlled or supervised areas 18. Local rules and radiation protection supervisors 19. Additional requirements for designated areas 20. Monitoring of designated areas PART 5 CLASSIFICATION AND MONITORING OF PERSONS 21. Designation of classified persons 22. Dose assessment and recording 23. Estimated and notional doses and special entries 24. Dosimetry for accidents etc 25. Medical surveillance 26.

3 Investigation and notification of overexposure 27. Dose limitation for overexposed employees PART 6 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES, ARTICLES AND EQUIPMENT 28. Sealed sources and articles containing or embodying radioactive substances 29. Accounting for radioactive substances 30. Keeping and moving of radioactive substances 31. Notification of certain occurrences 32. Duties of manufacturers etc of articles for use in work with ionising radiation 33. Equipment used for medical exposure 34. Misuse of or interference with sources of ionising radiation PART 7 DUTIES OF EMPLOYEES AND MISCELLANEOUS 35. Duties of employees 36.

4 Approval of dosimetry services 37. Defence on contravention 38. Exemption certificates 39. Extension outside Great Britain 40. Modifications relating to the Ministry of Defence etc 41. Transitional provisions and savings 42. Modifications and revocation 43. Review SCHEDULE 1 Work not required to be notified under regulation 5 SCHEDULE 2 Consent to carry out a practice: indicative list of information SCHEDULE 3 Dose limits 3 PART 1 Classes of persons to whom dose limits apply PART 2 SCHEDULE 4 Matters in respect of which a radiation protection adviser must be consulted SCHEDULE 5 Particulars to be entered in the radiation passbook SCHEDULE 6 Particulars to be contained in a HEALTH record SCHEDULE 7 Quantities and concentrations of radionuclides PART 1 Table of artificial radionuclides and naturally occurring radionuclides (which are processed for their radioactive, fissile or fertile properties)

5 PART 2 Table of naturally occurring radionuclides (which are not processed for their radioactive, fissile or fertile properties) PART 3 Quantity and concentration ratios for more than one radionuclide PART 4 Table of quantities of radioactive material defining high-activity sealed sources SCHEDULE 8 Transitional provisions and savings SCHEDULE 9 Modifications The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 15(1), (2), (3)(a) and (c), (4)(a), (5)(b), (6)(b) and (9), 18(2)(za), 43(2), (4), (5) and (6), 52(2) and (3), 80(1) and 82(3)(a) of, and paragraphs 1(1) and (2), 3 to 9, 11, 13, 14, 15(1), 16, 20 and 21(a) and (b) of Schedule 3 to, the HEALTH and SAFETY at Work etc.

6 Act 1974(a) ( the 1974 Act ). The Secretary of State makes these Regulations for the purpose of giving effect without modifications to proposals submitted by (a) the HEALTH and SAFETY Executive under section 11(3)(b) of the 1974 Act after consulting in accordance with section 50(3)(c) of that Act; and (b) the Office for Nuclear Regulation under section 81(1)(a)(iv) of the Energy Act 2013(d). It appears to the Secretary of State that (a) the modifications set out in paragraphs 1, 2, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 15 and 17 of Schedule 9 are expedient pursuant to section 80(1) of the 1974 Act; and (b) it is not appropriate to consult bodies in respect of such modifications in accordance with section 80(4) of that Act.

7 PART 1 PRELIMINARY Citation and commencement 1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017. (a) 1974 c. 37. Section 15(1) was substituted by paragraph 6 of Schedule 15 to the Employment protection Act 1975 (c. 71) ( the 1975 Act ) and amended by 2002/794. Section 15(2) and (3)(c) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 12 to the Energy Act 2013 (c. 32) ( the 2013 Act ). Section 15(4)(a) was amended by 2008/960. Section 18(2)(za) was inserted by paragraph 6 of Schedule 12 to the 2013 Act.

8 Sections 43(6) and 52(3) were substituted by paragraphs 12 and 17 respectively of Schedule 15 to the 1975 Act and amended by 2002/794. (b) Section 11 was substituted by article 5 of 2008/960. (c) Section 50(3) was amended by paragraph 16 of Schedule 15 to the Employment protection Act 1975 ( ), articles 3 and 16 of 2008/960, paragraphs 4 and 6 of Schedule 7 to the HEALTH and Social Care Act 2012 ( ), and paragraphs 1 and 11 of Schedule 12 to the Energy Act 2013 (c. 32). (d) 2013 c. 32. 4(2) They come into force on 1st January 2018. Interpretation 2. (1) In these Regulations the 1974 Act means the HEALTH and SAFETY at Work etc.

9 Act 1974; accelerator means an apparatus or installation in which particles are accelerated and which emits ionising radiation with an energy higher than 1 MeV; appointed doctor means a registered medical practitioner who meets such recognition criteria as may from time to time be specified in writing by the Executive(a); approved means approved for the time being in writing for the purposes of these Regulations by the Executive or the ONR (as the case may be) and published in such form as that body considers appropriate; approved dosimetry service means a dosimetry service approved in accordance with regulation 36; authorised defence site has the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the HEALTH and SAFETY (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1998(b); calendar year means a period of 12 months beginning with the 1st January; classified outside worker means a classified person who carries out services in the controlled area of any employer (other than the controlled area of their own employer); classified person means (a) a person designated as such pursuant to regulation 21(1).

10 And (b) in the case of a classified outside worker employed by an undertaking in Northern Ireland or in another member State, a person who has been designated as a category A exposed worker within the meaning of Article 40 of the Directive; carers and comforters means individuals knowingly and willingly incurring an exposure to ionising radiation by helping, other than as part of their occupation, in the support and comfort of individuals undergoing or having undergone medical exposure; contamination means the unintended or undesirable presence of radioactive substances on surfaces or within solids, liquids or gases or on the human body, and contaminated is to be construed accordingly; controlled area means (a) in the case of an area situated in Great Britain, an area which has been so designated in accordance with regulation 17(1).