Radiation Protection Act 1965

1: Short Title and commencement
1: This Act may be cited as the Radiation Protection Act 1965.
2: This Act shall come into force on a date to be appointed for the commencement thereof by the Governor-General by Order in Council Section 1(2) brought into force 1 April 1973 Radiation Protection Act Commencement Order 1973 Section 1(2) amended 24 September 1965 Radiation Protection Amendment Act 1974
2: Interpretation
1: In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— chiropractor section 114(1)﻿(a) Council dentist section 114(2) Director-General Health Act 1956 irradiating apparatus 2.5 microsieverts medical practitioner section 114(1)﻿(a) Minister prescribed or under radioactive material radioactive substance radiologist radionuclide radiotherapist sell sale buying vendor purchaser
2: For the purposes of this Act, if any question arises as to whether any person has special knowledge in the safe use or application of irradiating apparatus or radioactive materials for the purposes of diagnosing, treating, or alleviating any abnormal condition of the human body, the question shall be decided by the Minister after consultation with the Radiation Protection Advisory Council provided that, in making any recommendation under this subsection, the Council shall act on the advice of an advisory committee appointed by it under this Act, of which not less than one half of the members (exclusive of the Chairman) shall, in the case of a question relating to diagnosis by the safe use or application of irradiating apparatus, be radiologists, and shall, in the case of any other question, be radiotherapists.
3: Every recommendation made by the Council under subsection (2) shall be based on the consideration of the experience and qualifications of the person concerned. Every such person shall submit to the Council such evidence of his qualifications and experience as the Council may require, and the Council may, if it thinks fit, require him to verify his evidence by statutory declaration.
4: Before making an unfavourable recommendation under subsection (2), the advisory committee shall notify the person concerned of its intention so to do, and shall give him an opportunity of appearing before it and giving or adducing further evidence on the matter. 1949 No 42 s 2 Section 2(1) chiropractor inserted 18 September 2004 section 175(1) Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 Section 2(1) Council replaced 23 December 1977 Radiation Protection Amendment Act 1977 Section 2(1) dentist inserted 18 September 2004 section 175(1) Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 Section 2(1) irradiating apparatus amended 1 April 1982 Radiation Protection Amendment Act 1981 Section 2(1) medical practitioner replaced 18 September 2004 section 175(1) Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 Section 2(1) prescribed amended 21 November 1973 Radiation Protection Amendment Act 1973 Section 2(1) radioactive material replaced 1 April 1982 Radiation Protection Amendment Act 1981 Section 2(2) amended 23 December 1977 Radiation Protection Amendment Act 1977
3: Act to bind the Crown
This Act shall bind the Crown. 1949 No 42 s 31
4: Delegation of powers by Director-General
1: The Director-General may from time to time, by writing under his hand, either generally or particularly, delegate to such officer or officers of the Ministry of Health
2: Subject to any general or special directions given or conditions attached by the Director-General, the officer to whom any powers are delegated under this section may exercise those powers in the same manner and with the same effect as if they had been conferred on him directly by this section and not by delegation.
3: Every person purporting to act pursuant to any delegations under this section shall be presumed to be acting in accordance with the terms of the delegation in the absence of proof to the contrary.
4: Any delegation under this section may be made to a specified officer or to officers of a specified class or to the holder or holders for the time being of a specified office or class of offices.
5: Every delegation under this section shall be revocable at will, and no such delegation shall prevent the exercise of any power by the Director-General.
6: Any such delegation shall, until revoked, continue in force according to its tenor, notwithstanding that the Director-General by whom it was made may have ceased to hold office, and shall continue to have effect as if made by the successor in office of that Director-General. Section 4(1) amended 1 July 1993 section 32 Health Sector (Transfers) Act 1993 Radiation Protection Advisory Council Heading replaced 23 December 1977 Radiation Protection Amendment Act 1977
5: Radiation Protection Advisory Council
1: There shall continue to be a Council to be known as the Radiation Protection Advisory Council.
2: The Council shall consist of—
a: the Director-General:
b: the Director of the National Radiation Laboratory of the Ministry of Health
c:
d: 2 persons, each of whom shall be either a radiologist or a radiotherapist:
e: a medical practitioner:
f: 2 persons who by reason of academic or technical training have relevant knowledge of, or experience in, the use of ionising or non-ionising radiation, and of whom at least 1 is a qualified physicist.
3: The members of the Council specified in paragraphs (d) to (f) of subsection (2) shall be appointed by the Minister. Section 5 replaced 6 November 1986 section 2 Radiation Protection Amendment Act 1986 Section 5(2)﻿(b) amended 1 July 1993 section 38(3)﻿(a) Health Amendment Act 1993 Section 5(2)﻿(c) repealed 1 July 1992 section 46(1) Crown Research Institutes Act 1992 Section 5(2)﻿(f) replaced 1 July 1992 section 46(1) Crown Research Institutes Act 1992
5A: Term of office
1: Except as provided in subsection (2) and in section 5B paragraph (d) or paragraph (e) or paragraph (f) of section 5(2)
2: Upon the completion by any person of 6 years' consecutive service as a member of the Council appointed under paragraph (d) or paragraph (e) or paragraph (f) of section 5(2)
3: Where the term for which a member has been appointed expires, that member, unless sooner vacating office or being removed from office under section 5B
a: that member is reappointed; or
b: a successor to that member is appointed. Section 5A inserted 6 November 1986 section 2 Radiation Protection Amendment Act 1986
5B: Vacation of office
1: Any member of the Council appointed under paragraph (d) or paragraph (e) or paragraph (f) of section 5(2) inability to perform the functions of the office
2: Any member of the Council appointed under paragraph (d) or paragraph (e) or paragraph (f) of section 5(2)
3: Every member of the Council appointed under paragraph (d) or paragraph (e) or paragraph (f) of section 5(2) section 5A(2)
4: The powers of the Council shall not be affected by any vacancy in its membership. Section 5B inserted 6 November 1986 section 2 Radiation Protection Amendment Act 1986 Section 5B(1) amended 1 January 2002 section 70(1) Human Rights Amendment Act 2001
5C: Substitutes for members
1: If the member specified in section 5(2)﻿(b)
2:
3: If any member appointed under paragraph (d) or paragraph (e) or paragraph (f) of section 5(2)
4: Subject to subsection (5), where any person appointed under any of the provisions of subsections (1) to (3) attends a meeting of the Council, that person shall, while so attending, be deemed to be a member of the Council.
5: No person appointed under any of the provisions of subsections (1) to (3) shall act as Chairman of the Council.
6: No appointment under any of the provisions of subsections (1) to (3), and no act done by a person appointed under any of those provisions, and no act done by the Council while any such person is acting in the place of the member by whom that person was appointed, shall in any proceedings be questioned on the ground that the occasion for that person's appointment had not arisen or had ceased. Section 5C inserted 6 November 1986 section 2 Radiation Protection Amendment Act 1986 Section 5C(2) repealed 1 July 1992 section 46(1) Crown Research Institutes Act 1992
6: Chairman of Council
1: The Council, at its first meeting held after 1 January 1978, and at its first meeting held after 1 January in each year thereafter, shall appoint one of its members to be the Chairman of the Council. Any such member may from time to time be reappointed as Chairman of the Council.
2: The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Council at which he is present.
3: The Chairman appointed in each year shall hold office until his successor is appointed, or until he sooner ceases to be a member of the Council.
4: If the Chairman ceases to be a member of the Council before the expiration of the period for which he has been appointed as Chairman thereof, the Council shall appoint some other member in his stead to be Chairman until the next occasion on which a Chairman is appointed under subsection (1).
5: If at any meeting of the Council the Chairman for the time being is not present or there is no Chairman of the Council, the members present shall appoint one of their number to preside at that meeting. The person so appointed shall have and may exercise all the powers and functions of the Chairman for the purposes of that meeting.
6: The Chairman shall have power to act in all matters, including the appointment of committees under section 8 provided that, in any matter that by this Act requires a decision of the Council, he shall so act only if he reasonably considers an urgent decision to be necessary, and he shall first consult at least 1 other member of the Council, and he shall report to the next meeting of the Council the action that he has taken. Section 6 replaced 23 December 1977 Radiation Protection Amendment Act 1977
7: Meetings of Council
1: Meetings of the Council shall be held at such times and places as the Council or the Chairman may from time to time appoint.
2: At any meeting of the Council 4 members shall form a quorum.
3: Every question before any meeting of the Council shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting thereon.
4: The Chairman shall have a deliberative vote and, in the case of an equality of votes, shall also have a casting vote.
5: In the absence from any meeting of the Council of the Director-General, he may appoint an officer of the Ministry of Health
6: Except as expressly provided in this Act or in any regulations thereunder, the Council may regulate its procedure in such manner as it thinks fit. 1949 No 42 s 5 Section 7(5) amended 1 July 1993 section 38(3)﻿(a) Health Amendment Act 1993
8: Advisory and technical committees
The Council may from time to time appoint such advisory or technical committees as it thinks fit to advise the Council on such matters within the scope of its functions as are referred to them by the Council. Any person may be appointed to be a member of any such committee, notwithstanding that he is not a member of the Council. 1949 No 42 s 6
9: Allowances and travelling expenses of members of Council and committees
1: There shall be paid to the members of the Council or of any advisory or technical committee of the Council and to any assessors appointed under section 23 Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951
2: For the purposes of subsection (1), the Council is hereby declared to be a statutory board within the meaning of the Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951 1949 No 42 s 7 1951 No 79 s 10(1)
10: Functions of Council
The functions of the Council shall be to advise and make recommendations to—
a: the Director-General in respect of applications for licences under this Act which are referred to it by the Director-General for its advice and recommendations thereon:
b: the Minister in respect of the exercise of any powers vested in the Minister by this Act:
c: the Minister in respect of any regulations made or proposed to be made under this Act:
d: the Minister in respect of any other matter to which this Act relates or which is referred to the Council by the Minister. 1949 No 42 s 8
11: Powers of Minister
The Minister, on behalf of Her Majesty, shall have power to manufacture or otherwise produce, buy or otherwise acquire, treat, store, transport, use, and dispose of any radioactive material, or use any irradiating apparatus, and to do all such things as appear to the Minister to be necessary or expedient for the exercise of any such power as aforesaid. 1949 No 42 s 9 Radioactive materials
12: Control of manufacture, etc, of radioactive materials
1: No person other than the Minister shall, except with the prior consent in writing of the Minister or in accordance with or as permitted by regulations made under this Act,—
a: manufacture or otherwise produce; or
b: sell; or
c: bring or cause to be brought or sent into New Zealand; or
d: take or send out of New Zealand; or
e: store or transport— any radioactive material.
2: Any consent given by the Minister under this section may be expressed to be subject to such conditions and qualifications as the Minister may see fit to impose.
2A: Written notice of any conditions imposed in accordance with subsection (2) on any radioactive material which is also a hazardous substance (as defined in section 2 must be given to the Environmental Protection Authority established by section 7
3: For the purposes of this section, any radioactive material shall be deemed to have been brought into New Zealand when, in any manner whatsoever, it is brought or comes within the territorial limits of New Zealand from any place outside those limits.
4: For the purposes of this section, any radioactive material shall be deemed to have been sent out of New Zealand when it is placed upon any ship or aircraft for the purpose of being taken or carried to any place outside the territorial limits of New Zealand. 1949 No 42 s 10 Section 12(2A) inserted 2 July 2001 section 149 Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 Section 12(2A) amended 1 July 2011 section 53(1) Environmental Protection Authority Act 2011
13: Control of use and administration of radioactive materials
1: Subject to such exemptions as may be prescribed, no person, other than the Minister, shall use any radioactive material unless that person is the holder of a licence for the time being in force under this Act authorising him to do so or is a person acting under the supervision or instructions of a person so licensed.
2: No person shall administer any radioactive material to a human being, unless that person is the holder of a licence for the time being in force under this Act authorising him to do so, or is acting under the supervision or instructions of a person so licensed. 1949 No 42 s 11 Irradiating apparatus
14: Control of sale of irradiating apparatus
1: No person shall sell any irradiating apparatus to any person, unless at the time of sale the purchaser produces to the vendor a licence for the time being in force under this Act authorising him to use irradiating apparatus of the kind to which that irradiating apparatus belongs or evidence in writing that he is exempt from obtaining such a licence pursuant to regulations made under this Act.
2: Notice of every sale of irradiating apparatus, together with the name and address of the person to whom it is sold, shall forthwith be given to the Director-General by—
a: the person selling the apparatus if he is in New Zealand at the date of the sale; or
b: the person buying the apparatus in any other case. 1949 No 42 s 12
15: Control of use of irradiating apparatus
Subject to such exemptions as may be prescribed, no person shall use any irradiating apparatus for any purpose unless he is the holder of a licence for the time being in force under this Act authorising him to use irradiating apparatus for that purpose, or is a person acting under the supervision or instructions of a person so licensed. 1949 No 42 s 13 Licences
16: Director-General may grant licences
1: On application in the prescribed manner by any person desiring to obtain a licence under this Act, the Director-General may grant to the applicant a licence in the prescribed form, or may, if he thinks fit, refuse to grant a licence to the applicant.
2: Every application for a licence under this Act shall be made to the Director-General, and shall be accompanied by such information or particulars as may be prescribed or as the Director-General in any case may require.
3: The Director-General may, if he thinks fit, refer any such application to the Council for its advice and recommendations thereon.
4: Every licence granted under this section shall, unless previously cancelled under this Act, or unless some earlier expiry date is specified in the licence, continue in force for 1 year from the date on which it commences to have effect, but may from time to time be renewed pursuant to this Act.
5: Subject to section 23 1949 No 42 s 14 Section 16(4) replaced 1 April 1982 Radiation Protection Amendment Act 1981
17: Conditions in licences
1: Any licence granted under section 16
2: Without limiting the general powers conferred by subsection (1), licences may be granted subject to any of the following conditions:
a: any licence required under section 13
b: any licence required under section 15 1949 No 42 s 15
18: Classification of licences
1: Licences granted under this Act shall be classified as follows:
a: licences for diagnostic purposes:
b: licences for therapeutic purposes:
c: licences for dental diagnostic purposes:
d: licences for chiropractic diagnostic purposes:
e: licences for industrial, experimental, testing, demonstration, veterinary, research, or other specified purposes.
2: Licences for diagnostic purposes may be granted only to radiologists and other persons who, in the opinion of the Minister have special knowledge in the safe use or application of radioactive materials or irradiating apparatus for the purpose of diagnosing any abnormal condition of the human body.
3: Licences for therapeutic purposes may be granted only to radiotherapists.
4: Licences for dental diagnostic purposes may be granted only to a dentist or to medical practitioners.
5: Licences for chiropractic diagnostic purposes may be granted only to chiropractors.
6: No person shall use any radioactive material or irradiating apparatus for any purpose other than that specified in his licence in respect of that material or apparatus. 1949 No 42 s 16 1960 No 123 s 32 Section 18(4) replaced 18 September 2004 section 175(1) Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 Section 18(5) replaced 18 September 2004 section 175(1) Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003
19: Register of licences
1: The Director-General shall keep or cause to be kept such registers of licences issued under this Act as may be prescribed.
2: The contents of every such register may be evidenced in any proceedings by a certificate under the hand of the Director-General, and every such certificate shall be sufficient evidence of the matters stated therein in the absence of proof to the contrary.
3: A certificate under the hand of the Director-General that on a date specified in the certificate the name of any person did or did not appear in any register as the holder of a licence or any specified class of licence under this Act shall, until the contrary is proved, be sufficient evidence of the matters therein specified. 1949 No 42 s 17
20: Cancellation or suspension of licences
The Director-General may, in his discretion, cancel or suspend for such period as he thinks fit any licence granted under this Act if the holder of the licence commits an offence against this Act or commits a breach of any of the conditions of his licence or if for any other reason the Director-General considers it in the public interest to do so. Subject to the provisions of section 23 1949 No 42 s 18
21: Renewal of licences
1: On application being made to the Director-General in the prescribed manner, the Director-General may grant to the applicant a renewal of any licence held by the applicant under this Act, or may, if he thinks fit, refuse to grant a renewal of the licence.
2: Sections 16 17 18
3: In granting any renewal of a licence the Director-General may endorse the existing licence or he may issue a new licence instead thereof.
4: Every application under this section shall be made at least 28 days before the expiry of the licence in accordance with section 16(4)
5: The renewal of a licence shall, unless previously cancelled under this Act, or unless some earlier expiry date is fixed by the Director-General, take effect from the expiry of the licence in renewal of which it is granted, but any such renewal may be granted in advance to take effect as aforesaid.
6: Where application for renewal of a licence is duly made under this section the licence shall, where the application is not disposed of before the date of expiry of the licence, continue in force until the application is disposed of.
7: Subject to the provisions of section 23 1949 No 42 s 19 Section 21(4) replaced 1 April 1982 Radiation Protection Amendment Act 1981
22: Licensees to notify changes of address
Every holder of a licence under this Act who at any time changes his address as appearing in the register of licences shall, within 3 months thereafter, send to the Director-General a notice of his new address, and the Director-General shall thereupon correct the entry in the register relating to that licensee accordingly. 1949 No 42 s 20 Miscellaneous provisions
23: Appeals
1: Every person who is dissatisfied with any decision of the Director-General under any of the provisions of sections 16 17 18 20 21
2: Upon receipt of the notice of appeal, the Minister shall forthwith take all steps necessary for the constitution of a Board of Appeal, consisting of a District Court Judge
3: The Board of Appeal so constituted shall as soon as practicable hear the appeal, and may confirm the decision of the Director-General, or may make such other order as the case may require.
4: On any appeal under this section the Board of Appeal may make such order with respect to the costs of the appeal as it considers just and equitable in the circumstances of the case.
5: On any appeal under this section the decision of the Board of Appeal shall be final and conclusive. 1949 No 42 s 21 Section 23(2) amended 1 April 1980 section 18(2) District Courts Amendment Act 1979
24: Entry and inspection
1: Any officer of the Ministry of Health
2: If an issuing officer (within the meaning of section 3 subpart 3
a: entry in exercise of the right conferred by subsection (1) has been refused; or
b: there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that an offence against this Act has been or is being committed in or in connection with any premises, vehicle, ship, or aircraft,— the issuing officer
3: The provisions of Part 4
4: Despite subsection (3), sections 118 119 1949 No 42 s 22 Section 24(1) amended 1 July 1993 section 32 Health Sector (Transfers) Act 1993 Section 24(2) amended 1 October 2012 section 294(2)﻿(a) Search and Surveillance Act 2012 Section 24(2) amended 1 October 2012 section 294(2)﻿(b) Search and Surveillance Act 2012 Section 24(2) amended 1 October 2012 section 294(2)﻿(c) Search and Surveillance Act 2012 Section 24(3) replaced 1 October 2012 section 294(3) Search and Surveillance Act 2012 Section 24(4) inserted 1 October 2012 section 294(3) Search and Surveillance Act 2012
24A: Building Act 2004
1: Where a person referred to in section 24(1) Building Act 2004
2: For the purposes of this section, the terms building sitework territorial authority Building Act 2004 Section 24A inserted 1 July 1992 Building Act 1991 Section 24A heading amended 31 March 2005 section 414 Building Act 2004 Section 24A(1) amended 31 March 2005 section 414 Building Act 2004 Section 24A(2) amended 31 March 2005 section 414 Building Act 2004
25: Taking of samples and testing of radioactive materials and substances, and testing of irradiating apparatus
Any person authorised by the Minister to act under section 24
a: take without payment such samples of any material or substance which he believes to be a radioactive material or to contain a radioactive substance as are necessary for the examination and testing thereof:
b: examine and calibrate any irradiating apparatus or any apparatus which he believes to be an irradiating apparatus. 1949 No 42 s 23
26: Offences
1: Every person commits an offence against this Act who—
a: without lawful excuse acts in contravention of or fails to comply in any respect with any provision of this Act or of any regulation under this Act:
b: wilfully obstructs any person exercising or attempting to exercise any power under section 24
c:
d: for the purpose of obtaining, whether for himself or any other person, the grant of any licence under this Act, or for any other purpose in relation to this Act, makes any declaration or statement which to his knowledge is false in any particular, or utters, produces, or makes use of any such declaration or statement or any document containing the same, or knowingly utters, produces, or makes use of any document which is not genuine.
2: Every person who commits an offence against this Act is liable on $10,000 $500 1949 No 42 s 26 Section 26(1)﻿(c) repealed 1 April 1987 section 25(1) Official Information Amendment Act 1987 Section 26(2) amended 1 July 2013 section 413 Criminal Procedure Act 2011 Section 26(2) amended 28 July 1997 section 2(1) Radiation Protection Amendment Act 1997 Section 26(2) amended 28 July 1997 section 2(2) Radiation Protection Amendment Act 1997
27: Liability of licensee
Where an offence is committed against this Act by any person who is the agent or servant of a person licensed under this Act, or is otherwise subject to the supervision or instructions of a person so licensed, the person so licensed shall, without restricting the liability of the first-mentioned person, be liable under this Act in the same manner and to the same extent as if he had personally committed the offence: provided that, in any proceedings that are taken against a person licensed under this Act by virtue of this section, it shall be a defence for that person to prove that the offence was committed without his knowledge and that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence. SR 1951/155 r 35
28: Offences by companies
Where any company is convicted of an offence against this Act, every director and every officer concerned in the management of the company shall be guilty of a like offence unless he proves either—
a: that the offence was committed without his knowledge or consent; or
b: that he took all reasonable steps to prevent the commission of the offence. 1960 No 97 s 51(2)
29: Forfeiture of radioactive materials or irradiating apparatus on conviction
1: Where any person is convicted of any offence against this Act in relation to any radioactive material, the District Court Judge section 26
2: Where any person is convicted of any offence by reason of his having acted in contravention of or having failed to comply with any provision of section 15 section 18 District Court Judge section 26
3: All radioactive materials and every irradiating apparatus forfeited under subsection (1) or subsection (2) shall be sold or otherwise disposed of in such manner as the Minister directs. 1949 No 42 s 27 Section 29(1) amended 1 April 1980 section 18(2) District Courts Amendment Act 1979 Section 29(2) amended 1 April 1980 section 18(2) District Courts Amendment Act 1979
30: Application of fees, etc
All fees and other money received under this Act shall be paid into a Crown Bank Account section 11 1949 No 42 s 28 Section 30 amended 25 January 2005 section 83(7) Public Finance Act 1989
31: Regulations
The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, make regulations for all or any of the following purposes:
a: granting or providing for the exemption, whether absolutely or in such circumstances or subject to such conditions or in relation to such purpose or use as may be prescribed, of persons or things or classes of persons or things, specified or described in the regulations, from all or any of the provisions of sections 12 13 14 15
b: prescribing fees payable in respect of any application or licence under this Act:
c: regulating the procedure of the Council:
d: prescribing precautions to be taken to prevent injury from being caused by ionising radiations to the health of persons employed in places where radioactive materials are manufactured, produced, treated, stored, or used, or where irradiating apparatus is used, or of other persons likely to be exposed to harmful radiation:
e: prescribing precautions to be taken to prevent injury from being caused by or through the establishment or operation of nuclear reactors or of processing plants for nuclear fuel to the health of persons employed in connection therewith and of other persons:
f: making provision to ensure that waste products from any source whatever which contain any radioactive substance are disposed of safely:
g: imposing requirements as to the erection or structural alteration of buildings in which any radioactive material is manufactured, produced, treated, used, or stored, or where irradiating apparatus is used:
h: prescribing precautions to be taken to prevent injury from being caused by the transport of radioactive materials to the health of persons engaged therein and other persons, prescribing the method of packaging any radioactive material, and prescribing the marks to be placed on the vessels or receptacles or transport containers containing any radioactive material:
i: prescribing the method of treatment or disposal of any package, container, or vessel that has been used to convey, hold, or store any radioactive material:
j: prescribing the manner in which and the conditions subject to which radioactive materials may be stored or used:
k: prescribing the purposes for which any radioactive material or irradiating apparatus may be used:
l: prohibiting or restricting the use of any specified radioactive material or class of radioactive material:
m: prohibiting or restricting the use of any specified type of irradiating apparatus:
n: prescribing the maximum working hours of persons employed in the manufacture, production, treatment, storage, or use of radioactive materials or the use of irradiating apparatus, prescribing the minimum holidays to be taken by those persons, and providing for the medical examination of those persons:
o: regulating the issue by medical practitioners of prescriptions containing any radioactive substance:
p: regulating the dispensing and compounding of any prescription containing any radioactive substance:
q: providing for the making of returns by owners of radioactive materials of the quantities and classes of radioactive materials held by them:
r: providing for the keeping by purchasers of radioactive materials of records specifying the purposes to which those materials are put, and for the inspection of those records, and for the making of returns of entries in those records:
s: providing for the keeping of records relating to the use of irradiating apparatus or radioactive materials for therapeutic purposes:
t: prescribing the forms of applications, licences, registers, notices, and other documents required for the purposes of this Act, or authorising the Director-General to prescribe such forms:
u: providing for the appointment of assessors and regulating the conduct of appeals under section 23
v: providing for such matters as are contemplated by or necessary for giving full effect to the provisions of this Act and for the due administration thereof. 1949 No 42 s 29 Section 31(a) amended 21 November 1973 section 3 Radiation Protection Amendment Act 1973
32: Saving of other Acts
Nothing contained in this Act shall be so construed as to limit or in any way affect the provisions of any other Act. 1949 No 42 s 30
33: Repeals
The enactments specified in the Schedule