Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2003, published 92nd ILC session (2004)

Radiation Protection Convention, 1960 (No. 115) - Bermuda

Bermuda

The Committee takes note of the brief information contained in the Government’s last report in response to its previous comments. The Government indicates that the legislation remained unchanged, but that a Bermuda Radiation Safety Handbook has been published to provide technical guidance to the social partners. The Committee notes that paragraph 6 of the Handbook deals with regulatory limits of radiation exposure and that the dose limits indicated comply with the recommendations adopted by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) and thus would give effect to Article 3, paragraph 1, and Article 6, paragraph 2, of the Convention. In view of this fact and noting that sections 9(j) and 10 of the Health and Safety at Work Act of 1982, provide for the adoption of regulations and codes of practice on this subject, the Committee requests the Government to indicate the legal nature of the above Radiation Safety Handbook, i.e. to indicate whether the Handbook creates the legal obligation to act in accordance with the indications contained therein, including the observance of the exposure limits set forth under paragraph 6.

Further to its previous comments, the Committee requests the Government to provide information on inspections carried out in the field of radiation protection, in accordance with Article 15 of the Convention.