Renewal
You will not need to renew your notification, registration or consent unless there is a material change to the information you have given.
Reporting a change
After you’ve notified, registered or got consent, if there’s a significant change to the information you gave when you applied, you must tell the Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland (HSENI). If you don’t the notification, registration or consent may no longer be valid.
You must inform the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) if you:
- stop a work activity for which you notified, registered or gained consent for
- make a material change to the information you submitted to HSENI when you notified, registered or gained consent
Examples of changes you must report:
- change to employers name – you must inform HSENI that the work has stopped for the old employer name and notify, register or apply for consent under the new name
- change in employer address
- changes in the safety assessment
- changes in answers to questions relating to radiation emergencies
- additions or deletions to the categories of work undertaken in a registration
- changes in the use of portable radiation sources on sites other than the employers'
For other changes, use your judgement as to what amounts to a significant change. Find out more about changes you must report in our detailed guidance document:
How to report changes
To report changes, use the ionising radiation contact form which can be found at the following link:
Revoking a registration or consent
Under the Ionising Radiations Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (IRRNI17), HSENI can revoke registrations or consents if it considers it appropriate to do so.
HSENI will consider revocation if, for example:
- it can be demonstrated that the registration or consent was obtained through a false declaration
- where a pattern of poor performance has emerged, demonstrating evidence of poor radiological protection - this may have resulted in enforcement action, for example
- conviction(s) for ionising radiations regulations offences
- enforcement notices for ionising radiation-related deficiencies
- notifications of contraventions
- there has been an extremely serious incident where significant breach(es) of the regulations have occurred - the failures that led to the breaches may be so significant that it is considered necessary to initiate revocation proceedings irrespective of whether or not enforcement action has occurred
- if the employer been found guilty of health and safety offences
HSENI may revoke the registration or consent immediately or warn that revocation will occur unless corrective or remedial action is taken. HSENI will state what action is required and set a date by which it must be undertaken to avoid revocation.
Regaining a revoked registration or consent
HSENI has the power to revoke registrations or consents where appropriate. You can find out when we’ll consider revocation in our detailed guidance document.
If a registration has been revoked, the employer will need to provide written assurances to HSENI that they have taken the necessary actions to address the reasons for the revocation before they re-apply. HSENI will liaise closely with the employer before agreeing that they can re-apply.
If a consent has been revoked the employer will need to make a new successful application for consent before the work practice can recommence.
Appeals
The consent or registration holder can appeal against a decision to revoke.
Firstly, this appeal should be made to the Radiation Team’s Principal Inspector. They will respond within 10 working days.
Under section 44 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 appeals against revocations can be made to:
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
Caxton House Tothill Street
London
SW1H 9NA
A section 44 appeal can be made at any stage with or without an internal HSE review of the revocation. The appeal must include all of the following:
- appellant’s name and address
- the specific decision against which the appeal is made
- the grounds for the appeal
The right to appeal to the Secretary of State will be explained with all relevant correspondence from the Radiation Team. DWP will contact the appellant once the appeal has been made.
Application questions
To enable you to gather the information you’ll need to register or get consent you can view the questions we will ask you at the following link to this document:
Contact us
If you need to contact the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland before you apply to notify, register or get consent, please contact us by email or telephone:
- email: ionisingradiation@hseni.gov.uk
- telephone: 028 9024 3249
Other notifications required under IRR2017
Other reasons you may need to notify HSENI under the IRR2017 include:
- where a radiation employer suspects or has been informed that an overexposure has occurred (see regulation 25)
- notifications of certain occurrences such as losses, spillages or releases of certain quantities of radioactive substances (see regulation 30)
- where an employer suspects or has been informed that a person, while undergoing a medical exposure, was exposed to ionising radiation to a much greater extent than intended, as the result of a malfunction or defect in radiation equipment (see regulation 32)
If you need to notify HSENI or gain authorisation for any of these reasons please e-mail the following address: