Radiological Protection (Amendment) Act 2018
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Amendment of section 7 of Principal Act | ||
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4. Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended— | ||
(a) in subsection (1)— | ||
(i) in paragraph (d), by the substitution of “the carrying out of any relevant activity regardless of the location of the radiation source concerned” for “the transport, use, storage, maintenance and disposal of radioactive substances, nuclear devices or irradiating apparatus wheresoever located”, | ||
(ii) in paragraph (f), by the substitution of “radiation sources” for “radioactive substances, nuclear devices, irradiating apparatus”, and | ||
(iii) in paragraph (h), by the substitution of “radiation sources” for “radioactive substances, nuclear devices, irradiating apparatus”, | ||
(b) in subsection (2)— | ||
(i) by the substitution of “The functions of the Agency in relation to” for “Without prejudice to the European Communities (Ionising Radiation) Regulations 1991 ( S.I. No. 43 of 1991 ), the functions of the Institute, in relation to”, | ||
(ii) by the substitution of “radiation source” for “radioactive substance, nuclear device or irradiating apparatus” in each place that it occurs, and | ||
(iii) by the substitution of “radiation source” for “substance, device or apparatus” in each place that it occurs, | ||
(c) in subsection (4), by the substitution of “The Agency may carry out a relevant activity for any purpose in connection with a function conferred on the Agency” for “The Institute may have custody of, produce, process, handle, hold, store, use, manufacture, import, distribute, transport, export or otherwise dispose of radioactive substances, nuclear devices or irradiating apparatus for any purpose in connection with a function conferred on the Institute”, | ||
(d) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (5): | ||
“(5) The Agency shall not be required to be a registered person or licensee to carry out a relevant activity for any purpose in connection with a function specified in subsection (4).”, | ||
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(e) in subsection (6), by the substitution of “Any relevant activity carried out by the Agency before the 30th day of July 2014” for “Any custody, production, processing, handling, storing, using, manufacture, import, distribution, transport, export or disposal by the Institute, prior to the commencement of section 45 of the Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 , of radioactive substances, nuclear devices or irradiating apparatus”. |