Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

The Regulations implement as respects Northern Ireland Title IX, Section 1 (Intervention in cases of radiological emergency) of Council Directive 96/29/Euratom (O.J. No. L159, 29.6.96, p. 1) laying down basic safety standards for the protection of the health of workers and the general public against the dangers arising from ionising radiation and impose requirements for that purpose on operators of premises where radioactive substances are present (in quantities exceeding specified thresholds). They also impose requirements on carriers transporting radioactive substances (in quantities exceeding specified thresholds) by rail or conveying them through public places, with the exception of carriers conveying radioactive substances by rail, road, inland waterway, sea or air or by means of a pipeline or similar means.