The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018

Amendment of Part 4 (the Basic Safety Standards Directive)

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

12.  In paragraph 2—

(a)in sub-paragraph (1)(a) omit “from which radioactive discharges are first made on or after 13th May 2000”; and

(b)for sub-paragraph (2) substitute—

(2) In exercising those relevant functions, the regulator must observe the requirements of the following provisions—

(a)when estimating effective dose and equivalent dose—

(i)from external exposure, chapters 4 and 5 of International Commission on Radiological Protection Publication 116(1); and

(ii)from internal exposure, chapter 1 of International Commission on Radiological Protection Publication 119(2); and

(b)in estimating population doses, Article 66 of the Basic Safety Standards Directive..

(1)

Available from www.icpr.org. A hard copy of this publication can be obtained by writing to: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1 Oliver’s Yard, 55 City Road, London, EC1Y 1SP.

(2)

Available from www.icpr.org. A hard copy of this publication can be obtained by writing to: Nuclear Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Policy Team, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET.