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The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019

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23.—(1) Every employer which carries out work with ionising radiation shall consult one or more suitable radiation protection advisers about occupational and public exposure to assist with that employer’s preparations for responding to radiation emergency situations.

(2) Where an employer consults a radiation protection adviser pursuant to the requirements of paragraph (1) (other than in respect of the observance of that paragraph), the employer shall appoint that radiation protection adviser in writing and shall include in that appointment the scope of the advice which the radiation protection adviser is required to give as if the employer were an employer under the 2017 Regulations.

(3) The employer shall provide any radiation protection adviser appointed by it with adequate information and facilities for the performance of the radiation protection adviser’s functions arising from their consultation or appointment under this regulation.

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