1989 Ed.]
Radiation (Control of Irradiating Apparatus) Regulations
[CAP. 303
B11
[Subsidiary]
(b) Subject to subregulation (4A), where such person is employed in radiation work otherwise than in an industrial undertaking in a workplace which is notifiable under the provisions of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (Cap. 59), the employer shall obtain at his own expense the personnel radiation monitoring device referred to in subregulation (1) through the Director of Health or from an approved laboratory, and shall arrange for the device, identified by reference to the wearer thereof, to be returned to the Director, or to the laboratory, as the case may be, for examination at such intervals as the Director may from time to time direct. (50 of 1985 s. 9; L.N. 76 of 1989)
(3) Whenever a personnel radiation monitoring device is returned for examination to the Commissioner for Labour, the Director of Health or an approved laboratory, as the case may be, the Commissioner, the Director, or the person in charge of such laboratory shall cause the device to be examined and shall as soon as may be thereafter issue to the employer who submitted the device for examination a certificate certifying the dose of radiation received as measured by the device. (L.N. 76 of 1989)
(4) Every employer to whom a certificate in accordance with the provisions of subregulation (3) is issued shall forthwith cause the dose of radiation indicated thereon to be entered in the register of employees required to be kept in accordance with the provisions of regulation 15 against the name of the employee by whom the personnel radiation monitoring device was worn. (L.N. 63 of 1970)
(4A) Notwithstanding subregulation (2), an employer may, with the approval in writing of the Board, obtain at his own expense the personnel radiation monitoring device referred to in subregulation (1) otherwise than through the Commissioner for Labour or Director of Health or from an approved laboratory and shall in that case cause, at such intervals as the Board may from time to time direct, the dose of radiation recorded by the device to be entered in the register of employees required to be kept in accordance with the provisions of regulation 15, against the name of the employee by whom the device was worn. (L.N. 229 of 1985; L.N. 76 of 1989)
(5) Any employer who fails to comply with any of the provisions of subregulation (1), (2) or (4) shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000. (L.N. 97 of 1970)
(6) Any person who fails or refuses to wear a suitable personnel radiation monitoring device when so directed by his employer in accordance with the provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on conviction to a fine of $2,000.
6.000
(L.N. 229 of 1985)
1989 Ed.]
Radiation (Control of Irradiating Apparatus) Regulations
[CAP. 303
B11
[Subsidiary]
(b) Subject to subregulation (4A), where such person is employed in radiation work otherwise than in an industrial undertaking in a workplace which is notifiable under the provisions of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (Cap. 59), the employer shall obtain at his own expense the personnel radiation monitoring device referred to in subregulation (1) through the Director of Health or from an approved laboratory, and shall arrange for the device, identified by reference to the wearer thereof, to be returned to the Director, or to the laboratory, as the case may be, for examination at such intervals as the Director may from time to time direct. (50 of 1985 s. 9; L.N. 76 of 1989)
(3) Whenever a personnel radiation monitoring device is returned for examination to the Commissioner for Labour, the Director of Health or an approved laboratory, as the case may be, the Commissioner, the Director, or the person in charge of such laboratory shall cause the device to be examined and shall so soon as may be thereafter issue to the employer who submitted the device for examination a certificate certifying the dose of radiation received as measured by the device. (L.N. 76 of 1989)
(4) Every employer to whom a certificate in accordance with the provisions of subregulation (3) is issued shall forthwith cause the dose of radiation indicated thereon to be entered in the register of employees required to be kept in accordance with the provisions of regulation 15 against the name of the employee by whom the personnel radiation monitoring device was worn. (L.N. 63 of 1970)
(4A) Notwithstanding subregulation (2), an employer may, with the approval in writing of the Board, obtain at his own expense the personnel radiation monitoring device referred to in subregulation (1) otherwise than through the Commissioner for Labour or Director of Health or from an approved laboratory and shall in that case, cause at such intervals as the Board may from time to time direct, the dose of radiation recorded by the device to be entered in the register of employees required to be kept in accordance with the provisions of regulation 15, against the name of the employee by whom the device was worn. (L.N. 229 of 1985; L.N. 76 of 1989)
(5) Any employer who fails to comply with any of the provisions of subregulation (1), (2) or (4) shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000. (L.N.97 of 1970)
(6) Any person who fails or refuses to wear a suitable personnel radiation monitoring device when so directed by his employer in accordance with the provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on conviction to a fine of $2,000.
6.000
(L.N. 229 of 1985)
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