Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (No. 20 of 2014).
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Type of law
Legislation
Abstract
This Act provides for the dissolution of the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII) and the transfer of all of its functions, staff and assets to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It also provides for the introduction of statutory measures necessary to enable Ireland to ratify the 2005 Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials (CPPNM). Finally, it includes a number of technical amendments in relation to RPII licensing; updates fines specified in section 40 of the Radiological Protection Act 1991 (the 1991 Act) to conform with the Fines Act 2010 and amends the definition of ionising radiation in the 1991 Act.
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Long title of text
An Act to provide for the dissolution of the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland and the transfer of all its functions, assets, liabilities and staff to the Environmental Protection Agency; to give effect to the amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material done at Vienna on 8 July 2005; to amend the Radiological Protection Act 1991, the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 and certain other enactments; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
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Notes
The Radiological Protection Acts 1991 to 2002 and this Act may be cited together as the Radiological Protection Acts 1991 to 2014.
Repealed
No
Source language
English
Legislation status
in force
Legislation Amendment
No