Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1992, published 79th ILC session (1992)

The Committee notes with interest the indication in the Government's report that the technical Sub-Committee for the review of the United Kingdom Ionising Radiations Regulations, 1985, has prepared a premilinary draft setting forth requirements similar to those set forth in the regulations. In this regard, the Committee would call the Government's attention to its General Observation under this Convention which sets forth, inter alia, the revised exposure limits established on the basis of new physiological findings by the International Commission on Radiological Protection in its 1990 Recommendations (Publication No. 60). The Committee would recall that, under Article 3, paragraph 1, and Article 6, paragraph 2, of the Convention, all appropriate steps shall be taken to ensure effective protection of workers against ionising radiations and to review maximum permissible doses of ionising radiations in the light of current knowledge. The Government is requested to indicate the steps taken or being considered in relation to the matters raised in the conclusions to the General Observation and the manner in which the current knowledge reflected therein is taken into account in the review of the Radiation Regulations.