2018 No. 116
Radioactive SubstancesEnvironmental Protection
The Radioactive Substances (Modification of Enactments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018
Made
Coming into operation
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs1 has been designated2 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19723 in relation to the safety measures in regard to radioactive substances and the emission of ionising radiation, and measures relating to basic safety standards for health protection of the general public and workers against the dangers of ionising radiation.
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in exercise of powers conferred on it by that section and by sections 8(6), 8(7), 8(8), 15(2), 15(3), 45(1) and 45(2) of the Radioactive Substances Act 19934, which are now vested in it, hereby makes the following Regulations.