Legislation and other Useful Documentation....

Most UK legislation can now be viewed and downloaded from legislation.gov.uk. (Note that to see a full PDF version you need to click "Print Options".) The previous sites of UK legislation, UK Legislation website and UK Statute Law Database are being superceded by this newer site. The website of the Society of Radiation Protection includes a list of new legislation relating to radiation protection . Click here to access. Note that the list of legislation below is not necessarily comprehensive, and in particular may not include legislation applicable in parts of the UK other than England. Health and Safety The Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 Work with Ionising Radiation - Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 - Approved Code of Practice and guidance - HSE L121 (mirror) Prior Authorisation under IRR99 HSE PM77 Equipment used in Connection with Medical Exposure (3rd Edition) (superceded 1998 2nd edition) Additional Guidance on IRR99, HSE, 2007 (web)(pdf extracts) The Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999 HSE - Five Steps to Risk Assessment The Public Information for Radiation Emergencies Regulations 1992 The Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposures) Regulations 2000 Guidance on the establishment and use of “Diagnostic Reference Levels” (DRLs), DH, April 2007 The Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 The Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 DoH IRMER Notes on Good Practice IRMER and DoH Notes + amendments combined by JS (PDF Document - 343KB) RCR - A Guide to Justification for Clinical Radiologists EU Referral Guidelines for Imaging(PDF Document - Based on RCR guidelines) NRPB Reference Doses for Dental Radiology paper Approval for research involving ionising radiation (V2, Sep 08) (mirror) A guide to understanding the implications of IRMER in Radiotherapy (2009, RCR/IPEM/CoR) (mirror) NRPB Guidance Notes for Dental Practitioners on the Safe Use of X-ray Equipment (PDF Document mirror) The Air Navigation (Cosmic Radiation) Order 2000 The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001 (amended with regard to rail by the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2007) The Justification of Practices Involving Ionising Radiation Regulations 2004 Guidance on the Justification Regulations 2004 Radioactive Substances The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (no 675) (Explanatory memorandum) The Radioactive Substances (Emergency Exemption) (England and Wales) Order 2006 (web) (pdf) (memo) The Radioactive Substances (Testing Instruments) (England and Wales) Exemption Order 2006 (web) (pdf) (memo) The Radioactive Substances (Clocks and Watches) (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 (web) (pdf)   The Radioactive Substances (Basic Safety Standards) (England and Wales) Direction 2000 The Radioactive Substances (Hospitals) Exemption (Amendment) Order 1995 The Radioactive Substances (Substances of Low Activity) Exemption (Amendment) Order 1992 The Radioactive Substances (Smoke Detectors) Exemption (Amendment) Order 1991 The Radioactive Substances (Hospitals) Exemption Order 1990 The Radioactive Substances (Appeals) Regulations 1990 The Radioactive Substances (Hospitals) Exemption Order 1990 Out of print RSA93 Exemption Orders (Ionactive Consulting Ltd website)   The Special Waste Regulations 1996 DEFRA - Environmental Permitting Guidance Radioactive Substances Regulation, March 2010 (mirror) EA - Radioactive Substances Act Guidance (mirror) The Radioactive Substances Act 1993 (From 2010 Scotland & N. Ireland only. In England and Wales these provisions are now included in EPR 2010. See pages 190-193 of EPR 2010) The Radioactive Substances Exemption (Scotland) Order 2011 (Note, replaces all the old RSA60 & RSA93 exemption orders in Scotland with a single rationalised one.) The Radioactive Substances Act 1993 Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (Note, these Regulations amend the Radioactive Substances Act 1993 (“the Act”) in order to align it more closely with the structure and terminology used in the Basic Safety Standards Directive.) Transport The Radioactive Materials (Road Transport) Act 1991 The Transfrontier Shipment of Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel Regulations 2008 [“radioactive waste” means radioactive material in gaseous, liquid or solid form for which no further use is foreseen by the countries of origin and destination, or by a person whose decision is accepted by these countries, and which is controlled as radioactive waste by a regulatory body under the legislative and regulatory framework of the countries of origin and destination;] The Radioactive Material (Road Transport) (Definition of Radioactive Materials) Order 2002 The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2009 (Revokes and replaces CDG2007 which itself revoked and replaced RAMRoad2002, and includes amendments to REPPIR2001 regarding rail transport) European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) 2011  Derogations for Member States on small quantities of certain dangerous goods, 2005 Authorisation No. 216 - To allow the carriage of certain class 7 radioactive goods either alone or with other packaged dangerous goods on a transport unit without the requirements of ADR 8.1.4 relating to fire fighting equipment. (25/8/09) (mirror) HSE guidance - Main exemptions DfT 2009: Carriage of Dangerous Goods: Approved Derogations and Transitional Provisions SQA Dangerous Goods Safety Adviser syllabus & examination Medicines The Medicines (Administration of Radioactive Substances) Amendment Regulations 2006 The Medicines (Administration of Radioactive Substances) Amendment Regulations 1995 The Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Amendment Order 1996 The Medicines (Administration of Radioactive Substances) Regulations 1978 (MARS) (mirror) The Medicines (Radioactive Substances) Order 1978 (includes brachytherapy devises as radioactive medicinal products) The Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee (ARSAC) ARSAC Newsletter Environmental Protection The Radioactive Contaminated Land (Modification of Enactments) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 The Radioactive Contaminated Land (Modification of Enactments)(England) Regulations 2006 The Radioactive Contaminated Land (Enabling Powers) (England) Regulations 2005   Lasers & Non-Ionising Radiation Sources Control of Artificial Optical Radiation at Work Regulations 2010 Explanatory Memorandum to CAOR Regs 2010 Sunbeds (Regulation) Act 2010 EU Physical Agents (artificial optical radiation) Directive 2006 A Non-Binding Guide to the Artificial Optical Radiation Directive 2006/25/EC (HPA) (mirror) MHRA Guidance on the safe use of lasers, intense light source systems & LEDs in medical, surgical, dental & aesthetic practices

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