Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1997, published 86th ILC session (1998)

Radiation Protection Convention, 1960 (No. 115) - Guyana (Ratification: 1966)

The Committee notes that the Government indicated in its report in December 1994 that a draft Occupational Safety and Health Act containing provisions on radiation protection was being prepared with ILO technical assistance. The Committee was also informed of the adoption in March 1996 of a National Plan of Action on Occupational Safety and Health which indicates that the above-mentioned draft Act is presently the subject of consultations and should be adopted soon. Referring to its previous direct request, and to the general observation made in 1992, the Committee hopes that the Government will be able to indicate in its next report the amendments that have been adopted and, in particular, the provisions taken to ensure that there is:

-- consultation of representatives of employers and workers on the measures designed to give effect to the Convention (Article 1 of the Convention);

-- in the light of new knowledge, effective protection of workers against ionizing radiation and constant revision of the maximum permissible doses (Article 3, paragraph 1, and Article 6, paragraph 2);

-- finally, the notification of work involving exposure of workers to ionizing radiation (Article 10).