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Radiation Protection Act

Jurisdiction Barbados
Year 1971
Published in English
Source Government Printing Department, Bay Street, St. Michael, Barbados, 1971. Offprint, 7p.
Serial number Laws of Barbados Ch. 353A
Descriptors [Primary] Barbados, ionizing radiation, notification of dangerous substances, radiation protection
[Secondary] law
Subject category Physical hazards
Abstract This law provides for the protection of workers against ionizing radiation they may be exposed to at the workplace. It gives effect to Art.10 of the Radiation Protection Convention, 1960 (ILO Convention No.115, see CIS 89-1767). The main requirement on employers imposed by this law is to notify the Minister responsible for health of any work where exposure of workers to ionizing radiation may occur, and of protective measures taken.
CIS No. 02-535
Database ID 78644

 

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