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

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment1, being the Department concerned2, in exercise of the powers (as respects regulations 1 to 16 and 18 to 22) conferred on it by Articles 17(1) to (5), 40(2) and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 2(1), 5, 7(1), 10, 13, 14(1) and 15 of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 19783 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf and for the purpose of giving effect without modifications to proposals submitted to it by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland under Article 13(1A)4 of that Order after the carrying out by the said Executive of consultations in accordance with Article 46(3)5 of that Order, and (as respects regulations 17 and 21) under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19726 being a Department designated7 for the purposes of the said section 2(2) both in relation to measures relating to informing the public about health protection measures to be taken in the event of a radiological emergency, and in relation to measures relating to the basic safety standards for the protection of the general public and workers against the dangers of ionising radiation and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—