Department of Health
To advise Health Ministers with respect to the grant, renewal, suspension, revocation and variation of certificates and generally in connection with the system of prior authorisation required by Article 5(a) of Council Directive 76/579/Euratom. This has been superceded by the Basic Safety Standard Directive for radiation protection 059/2013 but not yet implemented into UK law.
The Committee was established in 1979. Secretariat provided by Public Health England. Funding subsumed in PHE core funds. Members are appointment by Health Ministers. This is a Statutory Advisory Committee.
| Address | ARSAC Support Unit, Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Public Health England, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, 0X11 0RQ |
| Phone | 01235 825006/825007 |
| arsac@phe.gov.uk | |
| Website | http://www.arsac.org.uk/ |
| Chair | Dr John Rees |
| Chief Executive / Secretary | Mr Steve Ebdon-Jackson |
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