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• (a) in respect of an immediate report, keep that report or a copy thereof for a period of at least 2 years from the date on which it was made; and

• (a) in respect of a detailed report, keep that report or a copy thereof for a period of at least 50 years from the date on which it was made.

• (8) In this regulation, “radiation equipment” means equipment which delivers ionising radiation to the person undergoing a medical exposure and equipment which directly controls the extent of the exposure.

Misuse of or interference with sources of ionising radiation

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A person shall not intentionally or recklessly misuse or without reasonable excuse interfere with any radioactive substance or any electrical equipment to which these Regulations apply.

Part VII — Duties of Employees and Miscellaneous

Duties of employees

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• (1) An employee who is engaged in work with ionising radiation shall not knowingly expose himself or any other person to ionising radiation to an extent greater than is reasonably necessary for the purposes of his work, and shall exercise reasonable care while carrying out such work.

• (2) Every employee who is engaged in work with ionising radiation and for whom personal protective equipment is provided pursuant to regulation 8(2)(c) shall—

• (a) make full and proper use of any such personal protective equipment;

• (b) forthwith report to his employer any defect he discovers in any such personal protective equipment; and

• (c) take all reasonable steps to ensure that any such personal protective equipment is returned after use to the accommodation provided for it.

• (3) It shall be the duty of every outside worker not to misuse the radiation passbook issued to him or falsify or attempt to falsify any of the information contained in it.

• (4) Any employee to whom regulation 21(1) or regulation 12(2)(b) relates shall comply with any reasonable requirement imposed on him by his employer for the purposes of making the measurements and assessments required under regulation 20(1) and regulation 23(1).

• (5) An employee who is subject to medical surveillance under regulation 24 shall, when required by his employer and at the cost of the employer, present himself during his working hours for such medical examination and tests as may be required for the purposes of paragraph (2) of that regulation and shall provide the appointed doctor or employment medical adviser with such information concerning his health as the appointed doctor or employment medical adviser may reasonably require.

• (6) Where an employee has reasonable cause to believe that—

• (a) he or some other person has received an overexposure;

• (b) an occurrence mentioned in paragraph (1) or (3) of regulation 30 has occurred; or

• (c) an incident mentioned in regulation 32(6) has occurred,

he shall forthwith notify his employer of that belief.

Approval of dosimetry services

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• (1) The Executive may, by a certificate in writing, approve (in accordance with such criteria as may from time to time be specified by the Executive) a suitable dosimetry service for such of the purposes of these Regulations or of the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 as are specified in the certificate.

• (2) A certificate made pursuant to paragraph (1) may be made subject to conditions and may be revoked in writing at any time.

• (3) The Executive may at such suitable periods as it considers appropriate carry out a re-assessment of any approval granted pursuant to paragraph (1).

Defence on contravention

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• (1) In any proceedings against an employer for an offence under regulation 6(2), it shall be a defence for that employer to prove that—

• (a) he neither knew nor had reasonable cause to believe that he had carried out or might be required to carry out work subject to notification under that regulation; and

• (b) in a case where he discovered that he had carried out or was carrying out work subject to notification under that regulation, he had forthwith notified the Executive of the information required by that regulation.

• (2) In any proceedings against an employer for an offence under regulation 7, it shall be a defence for that employer to prove that—

• (a) he neither knew nor had reasonable cause to believe that he had commenced a new activity involving work with ionising radiation; and

• (b) in a case where he had discovered that he had commenced a new activity involving work with ionising radiation, he had as soon as practicable made an assessment as required by the said regulation 7.

• (3) In any proceedings against an employer for an offence under regulation 27(2) it shall be a defence for that employer to prove that—

• (a) he had received and reasonably relied on a written undertaking from the supplier of the article concerned that it complied with the requirements of that regulation; and

• (b) he had complied with the requirements of regulation 27(3).

• (4) In any proceedings against an employer of an outside worker for a breach of a duty under these Regulations it shall be a defence for that employer to show that—

• (a) he had entered into a contract in writing with the employer who had designated an area as a controlled area and in which the outside worker was working or was to work for that employer to perform that duty on his behalf; and

• (b) the breach of duty was a result of the failure of the employer referred to in sub-paragraph (a) to fulfil that contract.

• (5) In any proceedings against any employer who has designated a controlled area in which any outside worker is working or is to work, for a breach of a duty under these Regulations it shall be a defence for that employer to show that—

• (a) he had entered into a contract in writing with the employer of an outside worker for that employer to perform that duty on his behalf; and

• (b) the breach of duty was a result of the failure of the employer referred to in sub-paragraph (a) to fulfil that contract.

• (6) The person charged shall not, without leave of the court be entitled to rely on the defence referred to in paragraph (4) or (5) unless, within a period ending 7 clear days before the hearing, he has served on the prosecutor a notice in writing that he intends to rely on the defence and this notice shall be accompanied by a copy of the contract on which he intends to rely and, if that contract is not in English, an accurate translation of that contract into English.

• (7) Where a contravention of these Regulations by any person is due to the act or default of some other person, that other person shall be guilty of the offence which would, but for any defence under this regulation available to the first-mentioned person, be constituted by the act or default.

Exemption certificates

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• (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Executive may, by a certificate in writing, exempt—

• (a) any person or class of persons;

• (b) any premises or class of premises; or

• (c) any equipment, apparatus or substance or class of equipment, apparatus or substance,

from any requirement or prohibition imposed by these Regulations and any such exemption may be granted subject to conditions and to a limit of time and may be revoked by a certificate in writing at any time.

• (2) The Executive shall not grant an exemption unless, having regard to the circumstances of the case and in particular to—

• (a) the conditions, if any, which it proposes to attach to the exemption; and

• (b) any other requirements imposed by or under any statutory provisions which apply to the case,

it is satisfied that—

• (c) the health and safety of persons who are likely to be affected by the exemption will not be prejudiced in consequence of it; and

• (d) compliance with the fundamental radiation protection provisions underlying regulations 8(1) and (2)(a), 11, 12(1), 16(1) and (3), 19(1), 20(1), 21(1), 24(2) and 32(1) will be achieved.

Application within territorial waters

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• (1) Subject to paragraph (2), within territorial waters these Regulations shall apply only to or in relation to the premises and activities to which any of paragraphs 2 to 6 of Schedule 9 applies.

• (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), in any case where it is not reasonably practicable for an employer to comply with the requirements of these Regulations in so far as they relate to functions being performed by an appointed doctor or employment medical adviser or by an approved dosimetry service, it shall be sufficient compliance with any such requirements if the employer makes arrangements affording an equivalent standard of protection for his employees and those arrangements are set out in local rules.

Transitional provisions

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• (1) Where on or before 5th March 2001 an employer commences for the first time work which is required to be notified under regulation 6(2), it shall be sufficient compliance with that regulation if the employer notifies the Executive and notifies the required particulars before 5th February 2001.

• (2) A contingency plan made pursuant to the requirements of regulation 27 of the Ionising Radiations Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985²¹ and which complied with that regulation immediately before the coming into operation of these Regulations shall, for the purposes of regulation 12 of these Regulations, be treated as if made pursuant to paragraph (1) of that regulation.

• (3) A certificate of approval granted by the Executive in respect of an approved dosimetry service under regulation 15 of the Ionising Radiations Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985 and which is valid immediately before the date of the coming into operation of these Regulations, shall continue in operation and shall be treated as if it had been granted under regulation 35 of these Regulations.

• (4) A radiation passbook approved for the purposes of the Ionising Radiations (Outside Workers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993²² and issued prior to 30h April 2001 in respect of an outside worker employed by an employer in Northern Ireland and which was at that date valid shall remain valid for such time as the worker to whom the passbook relates continues to be employed by the same employer.

• (5) A doctor appointed in writing by the Executive prior to the coming into operation of these Regulations for the purposes of the Ionising Radiations Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985 shall, until such time as the period specified in the appointment expires or the appointment is revoked, be deemed to have been appointed for the purposes of these Regulations.

• (6) Until 31st December 2004, a person who had before the coming into operation of these Regulations been appointed by an employer as a radiation protection adviser for the purposes of the Ionising Radiations Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985 shall be deemed to meet the criteria of competence specified by the Executive for such advisers under these Regulations.

• (7) A health record which was created prior to the coming into operation of these Regulations pursuant to a requirement of the Ionising Radiations Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985 shall remain valid for a period of 12 months from the date of the last entry made in it or for such shorter period as may have been specified in that record for the validity of the last entry by an appointed doctor or employment medical adviser under those Regulations, and such record shall for that period be deemed to have been kept for the purposes of regulation 24(3) of these Regulations.

• (8) A certificate of exemption issued by the Executive pursuant to paragraph (6) of regulation 27 of the Ionising Radiations Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985 and which is valid at the coming into operation of these Regulations shall continue in operation until such time as it is revoked by the Executive, save that the exemption from the requirements of regulation 7 of the said 1985 regulations shall be deemed to be an exemption from the requirements of regulation 11 of these Regulations.

• (9) Where the Executive has reasonable cause to believe that the dose received by an employee was much greater or much less than that shown in his dose record (such record having been made and maintained in accordance with regulation 13 of the Ionising Radiations Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985) the Executive may, until 30th April 2001, approve a special entry into the dose record and in such a case the employer shall arrange for the appropriate approved dosimetry service to enter the special entry in that dose record and shall give a copy of the amended dose record to the employee to whom it relates.

Modifications relating to the Ministry of Defence etc.

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• (1) In this regulation, any reference to—

• (a) “visiting forces” is a reference to visiting forces within the meaning of any provision of Part 1 of the Visiting Forces Act 1952²³; and

• (b) “headquarters or organisation” is a reference to a headquarters or organisation designated for the purposes of the International Headquarters and Defence Organisations Act 1964²⁴.

• (2) The Secretary of State for Defence may, in the interests of national security, by a certificate in writing exempt—

• (a) Her Majesty’s Forces;

• (b) visiting forces;

• (c) any member of a visiting force working in or attached to any headquarters or organisation; or

• (d) any person engaged in work with ionising radiation for, or on behalf of, the Secretary of State for Defence,

from all or any of the requirements or prohibitions imposed by these Regulations and any such exemption may be granted subject to conditions and to a limit of time and may be revoked at any time by a certificate in writing, except that, where any such exemption is granted, suitable arrangements shall be made for the assessment and recording of doses of ionising radiation received by persons to whom the exemption relates.

• (3) Sub-paragraph (i) of regulation 21(3) shall not apply in relation to a practice carried out—

• (a) by or on behalf of the Secretary of State for Defence;

• (b) by a visiting force; or

• (c) by any member of a visiting force in or attached to any headquarters or organisation.

• (4) Regulations 5 and 6 shall not apply in relation to work carried out by visiting forces or any headquarters or organisation on premises under the control of such visiting force, headquarters or organisation, as the case may be, or on premises under the control of the Secretary of State for Defence.

• (5) The requirements of regulation 6 to notify the particulars specified in sub-paragraphs (d) and (e) of Schedule 2 or any of the particulars specified in Schedule 3 shall not have effect in any case where the Secretary of State for Defence decides that to do so would be against the interests of national security or where suitable alternative arrangements have been agreed with the Executive.

• (6) Regulation 6(4) shall not apply to an employer in relation to work with ionising radiation undertaken for or on behalf of the Secretary of State for Defence, visiting forces or any headquarters or organisation.

• (7) Regulation 22(6), (7) and (8) and regulation 24(9) shall not apply in relation to visiting forces or any member of a visiting force working in or attached to any headquarters or organisation.

• (8) In regulation 25(1) the requirement to notify the Executive of a suspected overexposure and the results of the consequent investigation and assessment shall not apply in relation to the exposure of—

• (a) a member of a visiting force; or

• (b) a member of a visiting force working in or attached to a headquarters or organisation.

Modification, revocation and saving

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• (1) The statutory provisions referred to in Schedule 10 shall be modified in accordance with the provisions of that Schedule.

• (2) Subject to paragraph (3), the following Regulations are hereby revoked—

• (a) the Ionising Radiations Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985;

• (b) the Ionising Radiations (Outside Workers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993;

• (c) Part III of Schedule 2 to the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993²⁵.

• (3) ...

• (a) paragraphs (1) to (3), (4)(b) and (c) and (5) of regulation 27 (Contingency plans) with the modification that—

• (i) in paragraph (1), the reference to regulation 25(1) of the 1985 Regulations shall be treated as a reference to regulation 7(1) or (2) of these Regulations;

• (ii) in paragraph (1)(b), the reference to regulation 8(1) of and Schedule 6 to the 1985 Regulations shall be treated as a reference to regulation 16 of these Regulations;

• (iii) in paragraph (4)(b), the reference to regulation 13(2) of the 1985 Regulations shall be treated as a reference to regulation 21(2) of these Regulations;

• (b) any other provisions of the 1985 Regulations in so far as is necessary to give effect to the provisions specified in this paragraph.

• (4) Every register, certificate or record which was required to be kept in pursuance of any regulation revoked by paragraph (2) shall, notwithstanding that paragraph, be kept in the same manner and for the same period as if these Regulations had not been made, except that the Executive may approve the keeping of records at a place or in a form other than the place where, or the form in which, records were required to be kept under the regulation so revoked.

SCHEDULE 1 — Work not required to be notified under Regulation 6

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Work with ionising radiation shall not be required to be notified in accordance with regulation 6 when the only such work being carried out is in one or more of the following categories—

• (a) where the concentration of activity per unit mass of a radioactive substance does not exceed the concentration specified in column 2 of Part I of Schedule 8;

• (b) where the quantity of radioactive substance involved does not exceed the quantity specified in column 3 of Part I of Schedule 8;

• (c) where apparatus contains radioactive substances in a quantity exceeding the values specified in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) provided that—

• (i) the apparatus is of a type approved—

• (aa) by the Executive; or

• (bb) by the Great Britain Executive in accordance with paragraph 1(c) of Schedule 1 to the Great Britain Regulations;

• (ii) the apparatus is constructed in the form of a sealed source;

• (iii) the apparatus does not under normal operating conditions cause a dose rate of more than 1???mSvh−1 at a distance of 0.1m from any accessible surface; and

• (iv) conditions for the disposal of the apparatus have been specified by the chief inspector;

• (d) the operation of any electrical apparatus to which these Regulations apply other than apparatus referred to in sub-paragraph (e) provided that—

• (i) the apparatus is of a type approved—

• (aa) by the Executive; or

• (bb) by the Great Britain Executive in accordance with paragraph 1(d) of Schedule 1 to the Great Britain Regulations; and

• (ii) the apparatus does not under normal operating conditions cause a dose rate of more than 1mSvh−1 at a distance of 0.1m from any accessible surface;

• (e) the operation of—

• (i) any cathode ray tube intended for the display of visual images; or

• (ii) any other electrical apparatus operating at a potential difference not exceeding 30kV,

provided that the operation of the tube or apparatus does not under normal operating conditions cause a dose rate of more than 1mSvh–1 at a distance of 0.1m from any accessible surface;

• (f) where the work involves material contaminated with radioactive substances resulting from authorised releases which the chief inspector has declared not to be subject to further control.

2

In this Schedule, “the chief inspector” has the meaning assigned to it by section 47(1) of the Radioactive Substances Act 1993²⁶.

SCHEDULE 2 — Particulars to be provided in a notification under Regulation 6(2)

The following particulars shall be given in a notification under regulation 6(2)—

• (a) the name and address of the employer and a contact telephone or fax number or electronic mail address;

• (b) the address of the premises where or from where the work activity is to be carried out and a telephone or fax number or electronic mail address at such premises;

• (c) the nature of the business of the employer;

• (d) into which of the following categories the source or sources of ionising radiation fall—

• (i) sealed source,

• (ii) unsealed radioactive substance,

• (iii) electrical equipment,

• (iv) an atmosphere containing the short-lived daughters of radon 222;

• (e) whether or not any source is to be used at premises other than the address given at sub-paragraph (b) above; and

• (f) dates of notification and commencement of the work activity.

SCHEDULE 3 — Additional particulars that the Executive may require

The following additional particulars may be required under regulation 6(3)—

• (a) a description of the work with ionising radiation;

• (b) particulars of the source or sources of ionising radiation including the type of electrical equipment used or operated and the nature of any radioactive substance;

• (c) the quantities of any radioactive substance involved in the work;

• (d) the identity of any person engaged in the work;

• (e) the date of commencement and the duration of any period over which the work is carried on;

• (f) the location and description of any premises at which the work is carried out on each occasion that it is so carried out;

• (g) the date of termination of the work;

• (h) further information on any of the particulars listed in Schedule 2.

SCHEDULE 4 — Dose Limits

Part I — Classes of person to whom dose limits apply

Employees of 18 years or above

1

For the purposes of regulation 11(1), the limit on effective dose for any employee of 18 years or above shall be 20 mSv in any calendar year.

2

Without prejudice to paragraph 1—

• (a) the limit on equivalent dose for the lens of the eye shall be 150 mSv in a calendar year;

• (b) the limit on equivalent dose for the skin shall be 500 mSv in a calendar year as applied to the dose averaged over any area of 1cm² regardless of the area exposed;

• (c) the limit on equivalent dose for the hands, forearms, feet and ankles shall be 500 mSv in a calendar year.

Trainees aged under 18 years

3

For the purposes of regulation 11(1), the limit on effective dose for any trainee under 18 years shall be 6 mSv in any calendar year.

4

Without prejudice to paragraph 3—

• (a) the limit on equivalent dose for the lens of the eye shall be 50 mSv in a calendar year;

• (b) the limit on equivalent dose for the skin shall be 150 mSv in a calendar year as applied to the dose averaged over any area of 1cm² regardless of the area exposed;

• (c) the limit on equivalent dose for the hands, forearms, feet and ankles shall be 150 mSv in a calendar year.

Women of reproductive capacity

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Without prejudice to paragraphs 1 and 3, the limit on equivalent dose for the abdomen of a woman of reproductive capacity who is at work, being the equivalent dose from external radiation resulting from exposure to ionising radiation averaged throughout the abdomen, shall be 13 mSv in any consecutive period of three months.

Other persons

6

Subject to paragraph 7, for the purposes of regulation 11(1) the limit on effective dose for any person other than an employee or trainee referred to in paragraphs 1 or 3 , including any person below the age of 16, shall be 1 mSv in any calendar year.

7

Paragraph 6 shall not apply in relation to any person (not being a comforter or carer) who may be exposed to ionising radiation resulting from the medical exposure of another and in such a case the limit on effective dose for any such person shall be 5 mSv in any period of 5 consecutive calendar years.

8

Without prejudice to paragraphs 6 and 7—

• (a) the limit on equivalent dose for the lens of the eye shall be 15 mSv in any calendar year;

• (b) the limit on equivalent dose for the skin shall be 50 mSv in any calendar year averaged over any 1cm² area of skin regardless of the area exposed;

• (c) the limit on equivalent dose for the hands, forearms, feet and ankles shall be 50 mSv in a calendar year.

Part II

9

For the purposes of regulation 11(2), the limit on effective dose for employees of 18 years or above shall be 100 mSv in any period of five consecutive calendar years subject to a maximum effective dose of 50 mSv in any single calendar year.

10

Without prejudice to paragraph 9—

• (a) the limit on equivalent dose for the lens of the eye shall be 150 mSv in a calendar year;

• (b) the limit on equivalent dose for the skin shall be 500 mSv in a calendar year as applied to the dose averaged over any area of 1cm² regardless of the area exposed;

• (c) the limit on equivalent dose for the hands, forearms, feet and ankles shall be 500 mSv in a calendar year.

11

Without prejudice to paragraph 9, the limit on equivalent dose for the abdomen of a woman of reproductive capacity who is at work, being the equivalent dose from external radiation resulting from exposure to ionising radiation averaged throughout the abdomen, shall be 13 mSv in any consecutive period of three months.

12

The employer shall ensure that any employee in respect of whom regulation 11(2) applies is not exposed to ionising radiation to an extent that any dose limit specified in paragraphs 9 to 11 is exceeded.

13

An employer shall not put into effect a system of dose limitation in pursuance of regulation 11(2) unless—

• (a) the radiation protection adviser and any employees who are affected have been consulted;

• (b) any employees affected and the approved dosimetry service have been informed in writing of the decision and of the reasons for that decision;

• (c) notice has been given to the Executive at least 28 days (or such shorter period as the Executive may allow) before the decision is put into effect giving the reasons for the decision.

14

Where there is reasonable cause to believe that any employee has been exposed to an effective dose greater than 20 mSv in any calendar year, the employer shall, as soon as is practicable—

• (a) undertake an investigation into the circumstances of the exposure for the purpose of determining whether the dose limit referred to in paragraph 9 is likely to be complied with; and

• (b) notify the Executive of that suspected exposure.

15

An employer shall review the decision to put into effect a system of dose limitation pursuant to regulation 11(2) at appropriate intervals and in any event not less than once every five years.

16

Where as a result of a review undertaken pursuant to paragraph 15 an employer proposes to revert to a system of annual dose limitation pursuant to regulation 11(1), the provisions of paragraph 13 shall apply as if the reference in that paragraph to regulation 11(2) was a reference to regulation 11(1).

17

Where an employer puts into effect a system of dose limitation in pursuance of regulation 11(2), he shall record the reasons for that decision and shall ensure that the record is preserved for a period of 50 years from the date of its making.

18

In any case where—

• (a) the dose limits specified in paragraph 9 are being applied by a radiation employer in respect of an employee; and

• (b) the Executive is not satisfied that it is impracticable for that employee to be subject to the dose limit specified in paragraph 1 of Part I,

the Executive may require the employer to apply the dose limit specified in paragraph 1 of Part I with effect from such time as the Executive may consider appropriate having regard to the interests of the employee concerned.

19

In any case where, as a result of a review undertaken pursuant to paragraph 15 an employer proposes to revert to an annual dose limitation in accordance with regulation 11(1) , the Executive may require the employer to defer the implementation of that decision to such time as the Executive may consider appropriate having regard to the interests of the employee concerned.

20

Any person who is aggrieved by the decision of the Executive taken pursuant to paragraphs 18 or 19 may appeal to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment.

21

Chapter I of the Schedule to the Deregulation (Model Appeal Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997²⁷ shall apply to any appeal made under paragraph 20.

SCHEDULE 5 — Matters in respect of which a radiation protection adviser must be consulted by a radiation employer

1

The implementation of requirements as to controlled and supervised areas.

2

The prior examination of plans for installations and the acceptance into service of new or modified sources of ionising radiation in relation to any engineering controls, design features, safety features and warning devices provided to restrict exposure to ionising radiation.

3

The regular calibration of equipment provided for monitoring levels of ionising radiation and the regular checking that such equipment is serviceable and correctly used.

4

The periodic examination and testing of engineering controls, design features, safety features and warning devices and regular checking of systems of work provided to restrict exposure to ionising radiation.

SCHEDULE 6 — Particulars to be entered in the radiation passbook

1

Individual serial number of the passbook.

2

A statement that the passbook has been approved—

• (a) by the Executive for the purpose of these Regulations; or

• (b) by the Great Britain Executive for the purpose of the Great Britain Regulations.

3

Date of issue of the passbook by the approved dosimetry service.

4

The name, telephone number and mark of endorsement of the issuing approved dosimetry service.

5

The name, address, telephone and telex/fax number of the employer.

6

Full name (surname, forenames), date of birth, gender and national insurance number of the outside worker to whom the passbook has been issued.

7

Date of the last medical review of the outside worker and the relevant classification in the health record maintained under regulation 24 as fit, fit subject to conditions (which shall be specified) or unfit.

8

The relevant dose limits applicable to the outside worker to whom the passbook has been issued.

9

The cumulative dose assessment in mSv for the year to date for the outside worker, external (whole body, organ or tissue) and/or internal as appropriate and the date of the end of the last assessment period.

10

In respect of services performed by the outside worker—

• (a) the name and address of the employer responsible for the controlled area;

• (b) the period covered by the performance of the services;

• (c) estimated dose information, which shall be, as appropriate—

• (i) an estimate of any whole body effective dose in mSv received by the outside worker;

• (ii) in the event of non-uniform exposure, an estimate of the equivalent dose in mSv to organs and tissues as appropriate; and

• (iii) in the event of internal contamination, an estimate of the activity taken in or the committed dose.

SCHEDULE 7 — Particulars to be contained in a health record

The following particulars shall be contained in a health record made for the purposes of regulation 24(3)—

• (a) the employee's—

• (i) full name;

• (ii) sex;

• (iii) date of birth;

• (iv) permanent address; and

• (v) National Insurance number;

• (b) the date of the employee’s commencement as a classified person in present employment;

• (c) the nature of the employee’s employment;

• (d) in the case of a female employee, a statement as to whether she is likely to receive in any consecutive period of three months an equivalent dose of ionising radiation for the abdomen exceeding 13 mSv;

• (e) the date of last medical examination or health review carried out in respect of the employee;

• (f) the type of the last medical examination or health review carried out in respect of the employee;

• (g) a statement by the appointed doctor or employment medical adviser made as a result of the last medical examination or health review carried out in respect of the employee classifying the employee as fit, fit subject to conditions (which should be specified) or unfit;

• (h) in the case of a female employee in respect of whom a statement has been made under paragraph (d) to the effect that she is likely to receive in any consecutive period of three months an equivalent dose of ionising radiation for the abdomen exceeding 13 mSv, a statement by the appointed doctor or employment medical adviser certifying whether in his professional opinion the employee should be subject to the additional dose limit specified in paragraphs 5 and 11 of Schedule 4;

• (i) in relation to each medical examination and health review, the name and signature of the appointed doctor or employment medical adviser;

• (j) the name and address of the approved dosimetry service with whom arrangements have been made for maintaining the dose record in accordance with regulation 21.

SCHEDULE 8 — Quantities and Concentrations of Radionuclides

Part I — Table of Radionuclides