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4.—(1) The Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1998(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1), in the definition of “ionising radiation”, for “the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 [SI 1999/3232]” substitute “the Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 [SI 2017/1075]”.
(3) In regulation 4A (the Office for Nuclear Regulation)—
(a)in paragraph (2), for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a)the provisions of the Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 in so far as they apply—
(i)in relation to the civil transport of radioactive material by road, railway or inland waterway; and
(ii)to premises which are or are on a nuclear warship site;
(aa)the provisions of the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001 in so far as they apply to premises which are or are on a nuclear warship site;”
(b)for paragraph (3) substitute—
“(3) For the purposes of—
(a)paragraph (2)(a)—
(i)“civil transport” means transport otherwise than for the purposes of the department of the Secretary of State with responsibility for defence;
(ii)“radioactive material” has the same meaning as given in regulation 2(1) of the Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 [S.I. 2017/1075];
(iii)the transport of material begins with any preparatory process (such as packaging) and continues until the material has been unloaded at its destination;
(b)paragraphs (2)(a) and (aa) “premises” includes a nuclear powered warship during any period it is berthed or anchored at a nuclear warship site.”
(4) In Schedule 2—
(a)in paragraph 4(d), for “Schedule 1 of the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 [SI 1999/3232]” substitute “Schedule 1 to the Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 [SI 2017/1075]”;
(b)in paragraph 5, for “the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 [SI 1999/3232]” substitute “the Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 [SI 2017/1075]”.
S.I. 1998/494; relevant amending instruments are S.I.1999/3232 and S.I. 2014/469.
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