Radioactive Substances Act 1948 (Repeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

1993 No. 24

HEALTH AND SAFETY

RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES

Radioactive Substances Act 1948 (Repeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

Made

22nd January 1993

Coming into operation

1st March 1993

The Department of Economic Development, being the Department concerned(1), in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 17(1) and (3)(a) and 54(1) of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978(2) and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, after consultation in accordance with Articles 46(1) and 54(5) of that Order with the Health and Safety Agency for Northern Ireland and such other bodies as appeared to the Department to be appropriate, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Radioactive Substances Act 1948 (Repeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 and shall come into operation on 1st March 1993.

Repeals

2.  —

(1) In so far as they apply to Northern Ireland the following provisions of the Radioactive Substances Act 1948(3) shall cease to have effect, that is to say—

(a) in section 5, subsections (1)(a) and (7);

(b) in section 14(2)(b) the words from “and the reference in subsection (7)”onwards.

(2) In Schedule 1 to the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 the reference to section 5(1)(a) of the Radioactive Substances Act 1948 shall be omitted.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Economic Development on

L.S.

Philip B. Strong

Assistant Secretary

22nd January 1993.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations).

These Regulations repeal section 5(1)(a) of the Radioactive Substances Act 1948 so that, in the application of that section by Northern Ireland, it no longer contains the power to make Regulations for the purpose of preventing injury being caused by ionising radiations to the health of persons employed at premises or places in which radioactive substances are manufactured, produced, treated, stored or used or irradiating apparatus is used or to the health of other persons.

Reference to section 5(1)(a) of the Radioactive Substances Act 1948 in Schedule 1 to the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (existing statutory provisions) is omitted.

Power to make Regulations for these purposes is included in the powers contained in Article 17 of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978.

(1)

See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)

(2)

S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)

(3)

1948 c. 37