This part deals with technical administrative aspects

of the Regulations.

Schedules

The Schedules, of which there are ten, specify a num­ber of requirements in more detail than those given in the corresponding Regulations. To all intents and purposes they may be regarded as appendices to the Regulations, but still carrying the same force.

Schedule I gives the numeric values of the dose limits for employees over 18. trainees under IS and other persons, i. e., members of the public. Separate dose limits apply to each of these as described in the following table (values are in mSv);

In the case where the employee is a female of repro­ductive capacity, the dose limit to the abdomen is restricted to 13 mSv in any consecutive three month interval. In the case of a woman who is pregnant, the dose limit is 10 mSv during the declared term of the pregnancy.

Schedule 2 contains listings of all the radionuclides and gives against each, certain numeric values corre­sponding to the requirements of a number of regula­tions. Here for instance will be found the values for air and surface concentrations for designation of areas, notification, levels, etc.

Schedules 3, 4 and 5 contain the formal notification of work procedures and itemises where this need not be done.

Schedule 6 refers to the designation of controlled areas in a more detailed form than that contained in the relevant regulation. For instance, it quotes dose rate values and internal radiation levels, which are of more practical use in defining such areas.

Schedules 7 and 8 contain the detailed requirements of the assessment report, referred to in Regulation 26.

Schedule 9 exempts certain types of sealed radioac­tive sources from the requirements of Regulation 26.

Schedule 10 lists those regulations which have been revoked due to the implementation of the Regulations. As mentioned in the introduction, the Factories Act Regulations and the Road Transport Workers Regu­lations have been revoked. Certain other Regulations and Orders have been amended.