Basic Safety Standards for Ionising Radiation (Amendment) Regulations, 2022.

These Regulations amend the Basic Safety Standards for Ionising Radiation Regulations (principal regulations). Sub-regulation (2) of regulation 9 of the principal regulations, concerning the limit on effective dose for occupational exposure in any single year, is amended. Sub-regulation (2) of regulation 12 of the principal regulations is reworded. Sub-regulation (1) of regulation 31 of the principal regulations, concerning the licensing to which the practice is subject, is substituted and so is sub-regulation (2) thereof concerning the procedures not using medical radiological equipment.
Sub-regulation (1) of regulation 34, on the notification required for all justified practices, is amended. Regulation 36 regarding the practices for which either registration or licensing are required is substituted. Sub-regulation (2) of regulation 44 on the management of excess of effective dose of radon exposure is substituted. Also regulation 45 is amended, on the undertakings in place to ensure that workplaces are designated as either controlled or supervised, where appropriate, on the basis of the safety assessment.
Sub-regulation (3) of regulation 66 on the regular review of the national diagnostic reference levels for radio-diagnostic examinations, is modified. Regulation 85 is also amended, concerning the Planning for the protection of members of the public. Sub-regulation (2) of regulation 96 requiring that, for areas with long-lasting residual contamination the Commission shall consult entities that have responsibilities for land use planning, is modified. Sub-regulations (2) and (3) of regulation 98 are also modified, concerning building materials which are identified by the Commission as being of concern from a radiation protection point of view and concerning the types of building materials identified in accordance with sub-regulation (2) which are liable to give doses exceeding the reference level, for which the Commission consults the entity responsible for building and construction on appropriate measures.
Regulations 106 and 109 regarding the requirements and the criteria for initial certification that medical physics experts must meet. Also regulation 114 is reworded and so are regulations 125 to 127 concerning, respectively, the Commission strategy to ensure the appropriate management of existing exposure situations commensurate with the risks and with the effectiveness of protective measures, the implementation of strategies for the management of existing exposure situations and the recommendations, to be done by the Commission, to the entity responsible for building and construction on any appropriate measures that may need to be included in the national building codes to reduce radon ingress into new buildings.