Consequences reportI17

1

Where the operator has made an assessment pursuant to regulation 5(1) or a review in accordance with regulation 6(1) or 6(2), unless regulation 6(2)(b) applies, the operator must prepare a report setting out the consequences identified by that assessment, called a consequences report, as soon as reasonably practicable on completion of the assessment.

2

The operator must send the consequences report to the local authority—

a

before the start of any of the work with ionising radiation to which the assessment relates; or

b

where the report is as the result of a review in accordance with regulation 6, as soon as practicable after completion of the report.

3

A consequences report must include the particulars set out in Schedule 4.

4

Following receipt of the consequences report by the local authority, the operator must, within a reasonable period of time, offer a meeting to the local authority to discuss the consequences report.

5

The operator must comply with any reasonable request for information made by a local authority, following receipt of the consequences report, required by the local authority to enable it to prepare the off-site emergency plan which it is required to prepare under regulation 11, within 28 days of the date on which that information was requested.

6

The operator must provide the regulator with details of the assessment made under regulation 5 and the consequences report within 28 days of the date on which the consequences report is sent to the local authority.