Radiological Protection Act 1970

SCHEDULES

Section 2.

SCHEDULE 1 E+W+S+N.I. The National Radiological Protection Board, its Membership, Proceedings and Staff

Constitution and membership E+W+S+N.I.

1 The Board shall be a body corporate, with perpetual succession and a common seal. E+W+S+N.I.

2 Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, a member of the Board shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of his appointment. E+W+S+N.I.

3 A member of the Board may, by notice in writing addressed to the Secretary of State, resign his membership, and the chairman of the Board may by such a notice resign his office as such without resigning his membership. E+W+S+N.I.

4 A member of the Board who ceases to be a member, or ceases to be chairman thereof, shall be eligible for re-appointment. E+W+S+N.I.

5 (1) The Board— E+W+S+N.I.

(a) shall pay to the members thereof such remuneration and allowances (if any) as the Secretary of State may determine; and

(b) as regards any member in whose case the Secretary of State may determine, shall pay such pension, allowance or gratuity to or in respect of him, or make such payments towards the provision of such pension, allowance or gratuity, as may be so determined.

(2) The approval of the Minister for the Civil Service shall be requisite to a determination under this paragraph by the Secretary of State and to the imposition thereunder by him of a requirement.

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Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch 1 para. 5(2): functions of Minister for the Civil Service now exercisable by Treasury: S. I. 1981/1670, art. 2(1)(c)(2)

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Amendments (Textual)

F1 Sch. 1 para. 6 repealed by House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24), Sch. 3

Proceedings E+W+S+N.I.

7 The quorum of the Board and the arrangements relating to its meetings shall, subject to any directions given by the Health Ministers, be such as the Board may determine; and the Board shall have power to regulate their own procedure. E+W+S+N.I.

8 The validity of any proceedings of the Board shall not be affected by any vacancy among its members or by any defect in the appointment of any of its members. E+W+S+N.I.

9 The application of the seal of the Board shall be authenticated by the signature of the secretary of the Board or of some other person authorised by the Board, either generally or specially, to act for that purpose. E+W+S+N.I.

10 Any document purporting to be a document duly executed under the seal of the Board, or to be signed on behalf of the Board, shall be received in evidence and shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be so executed or, as the case may be, signed. E+W+S+N.I.

11 It shall be within the capacity of the Board as a statutory corporation to do such things and enter into such transactions as are incidental or conducive to the purposes of its functions under this Act. E+W+S+N.I.

12 A transaction between a person and the Board shall not be invalid by reason of any non-compliance with a direction by the Health Ministers, or any one of them, under section 1 of this Act unless that person had actual notice of the direction. E+W+S+N.I.

Staff E+W+S+N.I.

13 (1) The Board shall appoint a secretary and may appoint such other officers, and take into their employment such other persons, as they may determine. E+W+S+N.I.

(2) The Board shall have power—

(a) to pay to their officers and other persons employed by them such remuneration and allowances as the Board may determine with the approval of the Secretary of State; and

(b) as regards any officers or persons so employed in whose cases it may be determined by the Board with the said approval, to pay to or in respect of them such pensions, allowances or gratuities as may be so determined, or to make such payments towards the provision of such pensions, allowances or gratuities as may be so determined, or to provide and maintain such schemes (whether contributory or not) for the payment of such pensions, allowances or gratuities as may be so determined.

(3) Without prejudice to sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph, any scheme maintained by the Atomic Energy Authority under paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 1 to the M1 Atomic Energy Authority Act 1954 (power of Authority to pay pensions or provide pension schemes for their officers and employees) may apply to such officers and other persons employed by the Board as may be determined by the Board, as well as to officers and other persons employed by the Authority.

(4) Where any officer of, or person employed by, the Board, being a participant in any pension scheme applicable to his office or employment, becomes a member of the Board, he may be treated for the purposes of the pension scheme as if his service as a member of the Board were service as an officer of, or person employed by, the Board; and the rights of such a person under the pension scheme shall not be affected by any provision of this Act which requires that the pensions or payments towards the provision of pensions to be paid or made in the case of members of the Board shall be determined by the Secretary of State.

(5) Except with the consent of the Secretary of State, the Board shall not terminate on security grounds the employment of any officer of, or person employed by, the Board.

In this sub-paragraph “security grounds” means grounds which are grounds for dismissal from the civil service of Her Majesty in accordance with any arrangements for the time being in force relating to dismissals from that service for reasons of national security.

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Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 Sch. 1 para. 13(5):function of “the Health Ministers” exercisable by the Secretary of State for Wales now exercisable (1.7.1999) by the National Assembly for Wales concurrently with the Secretary of State by S.I. 1999/672, arts. 1(2), 2, Sch. 1

Marginal Citations

M1 1954 c. 32.

Section 7.

SCHEDULE 2 E+W+S+N.I. Enactments Repealed

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Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 The text of Sch. 2 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

Chapter	Short Title	Extent of Repeal
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 37.	The Radioactive Substances Act 1948.	Section 3(11).
		Section 4(6).
		Section 5(5).
		Section 6.
1965 c. 4.	The Science and Technology Act 1965.	Section 5(3).