PART 1General
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Ionising Radiation (Basic Safety Standards) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2018 and come into force on 8th May 2018.
Interpretation2
In these Regulations—
“Basic Safety Standards Directive” means Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom laying down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation and repealing Directives 89/618/Euratom, 90/641/Euratom, 96/29/Euratom, 97/43/Euratom and 2003/122/Euratom3;
“building material”4, “effective dose”5, “emergency”6, “equivalent dose”7, “ionising radiation”8, “orphan source”9 and “practice”10 have the same meaning as in the Basic Safety Standards Directive.