Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) The employer of a
radiation worker shall —
(a) keep
a continuing personal file relating to the radiation worker; and
(b)
include in the personal file referred to in paragraph (a) the results of
all personal monitoring of the radiation worker carried out in accordance with
these regulations; and
(c)
dispose of the personal file referred to in paragraph (a) —
(i)
by forwarding it to; or
(ii)
in a manner directed in writing by,
the Council and in no
other manner.
(2) On the termination
of the employment of a radiation worker, the employer of the radiation worker
shall —
(a)
supply the Council, on request, with a report in writing on —
(i)
the effective dose of ionising radiation received by; or
(ii)
the exposure to non‑ionising radiation of,
the radiation worker
as shown in his personal file or, if no personal monitoring or incomplete
personal monitoring of the radiation worker has been carried out,
on —
(iii)
the estimated effective dose of ionising radiation
received by; or
(iv)
the estimated exposure to non‑ionising radiation
of,
the radiation worker;
and
(b) if
the effective dose or estimated effective dose of ionising radiation received
by the radiation worker has been such as to require action to be taken under
regulation 15 or the radiation worker’s exposure or estimated
exposure to non‑ionising radiation exceeds the appropriate maximum
permissible exposure level, include in the report referred to in
paragraph (a) particulars of the circumstances leading to that dose or
exposure, as the case requires.
(3) An employer who
employs or formerly employed a radiation worker shall, at the request of the
radiation worker, furnish the radiation worker with a report on the effective
dose or estimated effective dose of ionising radiation received by, or the
exposure or estimated exposure to non‑ionising radiation of, the
radiation worker as shown in the personal file relating to him.
(3a) Where an employer
receives a dose assessment report from a radiation monitoring organization,
the employer shall promptly inform each radiation worker assessed of the
results of his assessment.
(4) When a radiation
worker whose employment has been terminated is again employed as a radiation
worker, his new employer shall —
(a) if
he is not the former employer of the radiation worker, obtain from that former
employer, and that former employer shall, if he possesses the personal file
relating to the radiation worker, give to the new employer of the radiation
worker, a copy of the relevant contents of that personal file; and
(b)
obtain from the Council, and the Council shall give to the new employer of the
radiation worker —
(i)
a copy of each report supplied to the Council under
subregulation (2) in respect of the radiation worker; and
(ii)
if the Council possesses the personal file relating to
the radiation worker, a copy of the relevant contents of that personal file.
(5) In
subregulation (4) —
relevant contents , in relation to a personal
file, means those contents of the personal file consisting of the results
referred to in subregulation (1)(b) or otherwise relevant to radiation
safety.
[Regulation 11 amended: Gazette
11 Jun 1993 p. 2871; 22 Jul 1997 p. 3815 and
3826.]