The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2009 No. 1348

SCHEDULE 2 E+W+S [F1 Radiation Emergencies and Notifiable Events]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 substituted (21.4.2019) by The Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/598), reg. 1, Sch. (with reg. 9)

[F1 PART 1 E+W+S Radiation Emergencies

Disapplication of dose limits E+W+S

8.— (1) Regulation 12 of the 2017 Regulations does not apply to an emergency worker, where that emergency worker—

(a) is engaged in preventing the occurrence of a radiation emergency; or

(b) is acting to mitigate the consequences of a radiation emergency.

(2) An emergency worker may be exposed to an effective dose not exceeding 500mSv whilst they are undertaking the activities set out in sub-paragraph (1).]