METRICATION AMENDMENTS (RADIATION ORDINANCE) ORDER

METRICATION AMENDMENTS (RADIATION ORDINANCE) ORDER

METRICATION AMENDMENTS (RADIATION

ORDINANCE) ORDER

(Cap. 214, section 3)

[3 December 1982.]

1. This er may be cited as the Metrication Amendments Ordinance
(Radiation Ordinance) Order.

2. Subject to paragraph 3, the use of non-metric units in documents
submitted under the Radiation Ordinance on or after the commencement
of this order is prohibited.

3. Non-metric units shall continue to be used in documents
submitted under the Radiation Ordinance until 1 April 1983--

(a)where such documents constitute amendments to, or
otherwise relate to, other documents in which non-metric units
have been used; and

(b)where such other documents were submitted before the
commencement of this order, unless such other documents
were resubmitted incorporating the use of metric terms in place
of the non-metric terms previously used.

4. No document shall be submitted under the Radiation Ordinance
containing references to both metric and non-metric units.

5. Without prejudice to paragraph 3 or 6, each of the enactments
specified in the first column of the Schedule is amended by deleting the
expression specified in the second column in relation to that enactment,
and substituting for each expression so deleted the expression, if any,
opposite to it in the third column.

6. In respect of any premises or equipment which on the
commencement of this order is included in any licence. permit or other
authority granted under an enactment specified in the first column of the
Schedule, or in any application for such, the references specified in the
second column shall continue to apply as if they had not been affected
by this order so long as the licence. permit or other authority in which it
is or becomes included, or any renewal thereof, remains in force.

SCHEDULE [paras. 5 & 6.]

[Amendments incorporated]
L.N. 410/82. Citation. General prohibition of use of non-metric units in documents. (Cap. 303.) Circumstances in which non-metric units may continue to be used. Prohibition of the use of metric units and non-metric units together. Amendment of specified enactments. Schedule. Saving. Schedule.

L.N. 410/82. Citation. General prohibition of use of non-metric units in documents. (Cap. 303.) Circumstances in which non-metric units may continue to be used. Prohibition of the use of metric units and non-metric units together. Amendment of specified enactments. Schedule. Saving. Schedule.

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