The High-activity Sealed Radioactive Sources and Orphan Sources Regulations 2005

The Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 and 2000

19.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies to—

(a) paragraphs (a) and (b) of regulation 14 of the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999(1); and

(b) paragraphs (a) and (b) of regulation 14 of the Ionising Radiations Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000(2),

referred to in this regulation as the “ionising radiations provisions”.

(2) In relation to a high-activity source, the appropriate training and adequate information required by the ionising radiations provisions shall include—

(a) specific requirements for the safe management of such a source;

(b) particular emphasis on the necessary safety requirements in relation to such a source; and

(c) specific information on possible consequences of the loss of adequate control of such a source,

and such training and information shall be repeated at regular intervals and documented, with a view to preparing the employees and other persons referred to in the ionising radiations provisions for such matters.

(1)

S.I. 1999/3232.

(2)

S.R. 2000/375.