These Regulations amend the Radioactive Contaminated Land Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 extending their application to all radioactivity including situations where civil liability for damage to land is regulated, for the purposes of the Paris Convention on third party liability in the field of nuclear energy, by the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 or foreign law. They also implement obligations arising under Articles 48 and 53 of Council Directive 1996/29/Euratom laying down basic safety standards for the protection of the health of workers and the general public against the dangers arising from ionizing radiation.