Application

3.  These Regulations apply to the exposure of ionising radiation in Northern Ireland—

(a) to patients as part of their own medical diagnosis or treatment;

(b) to individuals as part of health screening programmes;

(c) to patients or other persons voluntarily participating in medical or biomedical, diagnostic or therapeutic, research programmes;

(d) to carers and comforters;

(e) to asymptomatic individuals;

(f) to individuals undergoing non-medical imaging using medical radiological equipment.