S.L. 585.1 Art. 17Prior information and training for emergency.

(1) Emergency workers who are identified in an emergency response plan of an undertaking or the employer of an outside worker and persons involved in the national radiological emergency plan as established by article 31 of the Act, shall be given adequate information:

(a) that is regularly updated on the health risks their intervention might involve and on the precautionary measures to be taken in such an event;

(b) on appropriate radiation protection training;

(c) on national radiological emergency plan as set out in regulation 122:

Provided that this information shall take into account the range of potential emergencies and the type of intervention.

(2) In the event that an emergency occurs, the information referred to in the regulation 17(1a) shall be supplemented by Secretariat to emergency workers and any other persons involved, having regard to the specific circumstance. referrers, practitioners and individuals involved in the practical aspects of medical radiological exposures by approving them and shall establish a procedure within its radiation protection programme for persons to be approved pursuant to the requirements of regulation 19.

(2) Referrers, practitioners and the individuals involved in the practical aspects of medical radiological procedures shall have the qualification and experience stated in the Seventeenth Schedule