Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Regulation 21

SCHEDULE 11 Amendment of Regulations

Fire Certificates (Special Premises) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991

1.  For paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 to the Fire Certificates (Special Premises) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991(1) there shall be substituted—

“13.   Premises to which the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 apply by virtue of regulation 3 of those Regulations.”.

Ionising Radiations Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

2.  The 2000 Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs 3 to 7.

3.  In regulation 35(1), after the words “these Regulations” there shall be inserted the words “or of the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001”.

4.  After regulation 35, there shall be inserted the following regulation—

“Enforcement

35A.   Insofar as any provision of regulation 21 is made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, Articles—

(a) 18 to 23 (approval of codes of practice and enforcement);

(b) 25 (provisions supplementary to Articles 23 and 24) and 26 (appeal against improvement or prohibition notice), so far as they relate to an improvement notice;

(c) 28 (power to indemnify inspectors); and

(d) 31 to 39 (provisions as to offences), of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 shall apply to that provision as if that provision had been made under Article 17 of that Order.”.

5.  After paragraph (6) of regulation 36 there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(7) Where a contravention of these Regulations by any person is due to the act or default of some other person, that other person shall be guilty of the offence which would, but for any defence under this regulation available to the first-mentioned person, be constituted by the act or default.”.

6.  In paragraph 6 of Schedule 4, after “trainee” there shall be inserted the words “referred to in paragraphs 1 or 3”.

7.  In paragraph 19 of Schedule 4, in place of “pursuant to regulation 11(2)” there shall be substituted “in accordance with regulation 11(1)”.

Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

8.  In Schedule 7 of the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997(2)—

(a) in Column 1 for the words “Ionising Radiations Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985” there shall be substituted “Ionising Radiations Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000”;

(b) in Column 1 after the final entry there shall be added: “Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001.”;

(c) in Column 2 for the words “S.R. 1985 No. 273” there shall be substituted “S.R. 2000 No. 375”; and

(d) in Column 2 after the final entry there shall be added: “S.R. 2001 No. 436.”.

(1)

S.R. 1991 No. 446

(2)

S.R. 1997 No. 455