Radiological Protection Ordinance (RPO) (RPO)
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Art. 200 Repeal of other legislation
The Radiological Protection Ordinance of 22 June 1994 is repealed.
[AS 1994 1947; 1995 4959 No II 2; 1996 2129; 2000 107 934 2894; 2001 3294 No II 7; 2005 601 Annex 7 No 3 2885 Annex No 7; 2007 1469 Annex 4 No 44 5651; 2008 3153 Art. 10 No 2 5747 Annex No 22; 2010 5191 Art. 20 No 4 5395 Annex 2 No II 3; 2011 5227 No I 2.7; 2012 7065 No I 5 7157; 2013 3041 No I 5 3407 Annex 6 No 3]
Art. 201 Amendments to other legislation
Amendments to other legislation are dealt with in Annex 11.
Art. 202 Transitional provisions
1 Licences granted prior to the commencement of this Ordinance shall remain valid until their renewal or expiry. The duties arising from a licence are based on the provisions of this Ordinance. 2 Proceedings which are pending when this Ordinance comes into force are subject to the provisions of this Ordinance. 3 The limit for the equivalent dose for the lens of the eye specified in Article 56 paragraph 3 letter a applies from 1 January 2019; before that date, the limit specified in current legislation applies. 4 Article 43 (Licence holders’ self-evaluation and quality manual) must be implemented no later than two years after the commencement of this Ordinance. 5 Any person who, when this Ordinance comes into force, holds a licence for a high‑activity sealed source must: a. submit to the licensing authority, no later than two years after the commencement of this Ordinance, the information specified in Article 97 for the preparation of the inventory; b. inform the supervisory authority,
Art. 203 Commencement
This Ordinance comes into force on 1 January 2018.
