http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/2975/schedule/8

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2975/schedule/8/part/I

The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001

Emergency planning

County councils

Health and safety at work

Radioactive materials

Borough councils

HEALTH AND SAFETY

2023-06-04

Statute Law Database

2001-09-20

The Regulations implement as respects Great Britain Title IX, Section 1 (Intervention in cases of radiological emergency) of Council Directive 96/29/Euratom (OJ No. L159, 29.6.96, p.1) laying down basic safety standards for the protection of the health of workers and the general public against the dangers arising from ionising radiation and impose requirements for that purpose on operators of premises where radioactive substances are present (in quantities exceeding specified thresholds). They also impose requirements on carriers transporting radioactive substances (in quantities exceeding specified thresholds) by rail or conveying them through public places, with the exception of carriers conveying radioactive substances by rail, road, inland waterway, sea or air or by means of a pipeline or similar means.

The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001

reg. 3(6)

The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2007

Sch. 8

reg. 1

The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001

reg. 3(6)

The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004

Sch. 13

para. 11(3)(e)

reg. 1

The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001

reg. 7(6)(aa)

(ab)

The National Treatment Agency (Abolition) and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2013

Sch. 2

para. 47(3)

art. 1(2)

The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001

reg. 8(7)(aa)

The National Treatment Agency (Abolition) and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2013

Sch. 2

para. 47(4)

art. 1(2)

The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001

reg. 9(12)(aa)

(ab)

The National Treatment Agency (Abolition) and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2013

Sch. 2

para. 47(5)

art. 1(2)

The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001

reg. 7(6)(ab)

The Secretaries of State for Health and Social Care and for Housing, Communities and Local Government and Transfer of Functions (Commonhold Land) Order 2018

Sch.

para. 20(d)

art. 14

art. 1(2)

The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001

reg. 8(7)(aa)

The Secretaries of State for Health and Social Care and for Housing, Communities and Local Government and Transfer of Functions (Commonhold Land) Order 2018

Sch.

para. 20(d)

art. 14

art. 1(2)

The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001

reg. 9(12)(ab)

The Secretaries of State for Health and Social Care and for Housing, Communities and Local Government and Transfer of Functions (Commonhold Land) Order 2018

Sch.

para. 20(d)

art. 14

art. 1(2)

The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001

reg. 18A heading

The Office of Rail Regulation (Change of Name) Regulations 2015

Sch.

para. 10(f)

reg. 1(2)

The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001

reg. 18A

The Office of Rail Regulation (Change of Name) Regulations 2015

Sch.

para. 10(f)(i)

reg. 1(2)

The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001

reg. 18B(2)(b)

The Office of Rail Regulation (Change of Name) Regulations 2015

Sch.

para. 10(f)(ii)

reg. 1(2)

The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001

defn(s)

The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) Regulations 2005

reg 12(e)

The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001

reg. 2(9A)

The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use)(Amendment)( No.2) Regulations 2005

reg. 2(3)

reg. 1

The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001

reg. 18A(2)(aa)

The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014

Sch. 3

para. 105(2)

Sch. 4

art. 1(2)

The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001

reg. 18B

The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014

Sch. 3

para. 105(3)

Sch. 4

art. 1(2)

The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001

Regulations

The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2019

reg. 27

reg. 3

reg. 1(1)

The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001

reg. 18A

The Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority for Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems) Regulations 2006

Sch.

para. 10

reg. 1

SCHEDULE 8PRINCIPLES AND PURPOSES OF INTERVENTION

I1PART IPrinciples to which emergency plans shall have regard

Annotations:

Commencement Information

Sch. 8 Pt. I in force at 20.9.2001, see reg. 1

An emergency plan drawn up pursuant to regulation 7, 8 or 9 respectively shall, in so far as it applies to any radiation emergency, be drawn up having regard to the following principles—

a

the intervention shall be undertaken only if the reduction in the detriment due to the radiation resulting from the radiation emergency is sufficient to justify the harm and costs, including the social costs, of the intervention; and

b

the form, scale and duration of the intervention shall be carried out in such a way as to ensure that exposures to radiation are kept as low as is reasonably practicable so that the benefit of the reduction in health detriment less the detriment associated with the intervention will be maximised.