CAP. 303]
Radiation (Control of Radioactive Substances) Regulations
[1989 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
(f) cause every worker employed in such undertaking who is engaged in the handling of any unsealed radioactive substance to be provided with an adequate supply of paper handkerchiefs and shall direct every such worker not to use any other handkerchief for any purpose while so engaged;
(g) cause arrangements to be made for the deposit in receptacles, of a type respectively approved by the Authority, of used paper handkerchiefs requiring disposal and of used articles of personal protective equipment requiring laundering;
(h) cause receptacle referred to in paragraph (g) to be at all times situated in every workroom, locker room and ablution room used by any worker engaged in the handling of any unsealed radioactive substance and shall cause each such receptacle to be emptied of its contents at the end of each working day or shift and the contents thereof disposed of in accordance with the provisions of regulation 9 as radioactive waste, or, as the case may be, laundered or stored for laundering in a manner approved by the Authority.
(2) The Authority may, upon application in any particular case and upon being satisfied that adequate alternative safety precautions are taken, by notice in writing addressed to the proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking in question waive all or any of the provisions of subregulation (1).
(3) Subject to the provisions of subregulation (2)—
(a) any proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking who fails to comply with any of the provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000-$15,000;
(b) any person who fails to comply with any direction required to be given pursuant to any of the provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $1,000-$3,000.
(L.N. 98 of 1970)
28. Protective screens
(1) The proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking in which any person is employed in any work or process involving the handling of any unsealed radioactive substance in liquid form shall provide for the use of such person, and shall direct such person to use, a suitable protective screen so constructed that it is or can be placed in a position between the face and the hands of the worker so as effectively to screen the face from the work during the handling of the substance.
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CAP. 303]
Radiation (Control of Radioactive Substances) Regulations
[1989 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
(ƒ) cause every worker employed in such undertaking who is engaged in the handling of any unsealed radioactive substance to be provided with an adequate supply of paper handkerchiefs and shall direct every such worker not to use any other handkerchief for any purpose while so engaged;
(g) cause arrangements to be made for the deposit in receptacles, of a type respectively approved by the Authority, of used paper handkerchiefs requiring disposal and of used articles of personal protective equipment requiring laundering;
(h) cause receptacle referred to in paragraph (g) to be at all times situated in every workroom, locker room and ablution room used by any worker engaged in the handling of any unsealed radioactive substance and shall cause each such receptable to be emptied of its contents at the end of each working day or shift and the contents thereof disposed of in accordance with the provisions of regulation 9 as radioactive waste, or, as the case may be, laundered or stored for laundering in a manner approved by the Authority.
(2) The Authority may, upon application in any particular case and upon being satisfied that adequate alternative safety precautions are taken, by notice in writing addressed to the proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking in question waive all or any of the provisions of subregulation (1).
(3) Subject to the provisions of subregulation (2)—–—–
(a) any proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking who fails to comply with any of the provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000 15,000
(b) any person who fails to comply with any direction required to be given pursuant to any of the provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $1,000. 3,000
(L.N. 98 of 1970)
28. Protective screens
(1) The proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking in which any person is employed in any work or process involving the handling of any unsealed radioactive substance in liquid form shall provide for the use of such person, and shall direct such person to use, a suitable protective screen so constructed that it is or can be placed in a position between the face and the hands of the worker so as effectively to screen the face from the work during the handling of the substance.
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