PART 6Personal Ornaments, Toys and Cosmetics

[F1Radioactive substances in personal ornaments, toys and cosmetics]

20.—(1) No person shall –

(a)knowingly or recklessly add any radioactive substance in the production of personal ornaments or toys; or

(b)knowingly or recklessly import or export any personal ornament, toy or cosmetic to which any radioactive substance has been added in its production.

[F2(1A) A person must not—

(a)carry out a practice involving the activation of materials used in toys or personal ornaments;

(b)knowingly or recklessly import or export toys or personal ornaments in which materials have been activated;

(c)knowingly or recklessly import or export materials that have been activated for use in toys or personal ornaments,

where that activation results, at the time of the placing on the market of the products or at the time of their manufacture, in an increase in activity which cannot be disregarded from a radiation protection point of view.]

(2) In paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 of the Toys (Safety) Regulations 1995 M1 (which concerns radioactive substances in toys), for “Council Directive 80/836/Euratom shall apply”, substitute “This is without prejudice to regulation 20 of the Justification of Practices Involving Ionising Radiation Regulations 2004&”.