management licence means a licence issued under Part 6 allowing the licence holder to conduct the radiation practice specified in that licence; management licence holder means a person who holds a management licence; National Directory for Radiation Protection or NDRP means the National Directory for Radiation Protection— (a) published from time to time by the Chief Executive Officer within the meaning of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998 of the Commonwealth; and (b) as amended from time to time— and includes any matter contained in any document, code, standard, guideline, rule, specification or method formulated, issued, prescribed or published by any person, authority or body that is applied, adopted or incorporated by the National Directory for Radiation Protection whether that document, code, standard, guideline, rule, specification or method is formulated, issued, prescribed or published— s. 3 (c) at the time the National Directory for Radiation Protection is published or at any time before then; or (d) from time to time; non-ionising radiation means electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength of greater than 100 nanometres;
non-ionising radiation apparatus means an apparatus that— (a) produces non-ionising radiation when energised; and (b) is prescribed by the regulations to be a non-ionising radiation apparatus; place includes a public place, residential premises, a building or a part of a building or a vehicle; public place means a place, or part of a place, that the public is entitled to use, that is open to members of the public or that is used by the public, whether or not on payment of money; Examples Examples of public places include— (a) streets, roads, footpaths and passages (whether or not on private property); (b) forecourts of public and commercial buildings; (c) carparks; (d) parks, gardens and recreation reserves; s. 3 radiation analyst means a person appointed under section 112; radiation apparatus means an ionising radiation apparatus or non-ionising radiation apparatus; radiation facility means a facility that is prescribed by the regulations to be a radiation facility but does not include— (a) a mill or facility of the kind described in section 8 of the Nuclear Activities (Prohibitions) Act 1983; or
In the case of a body corporate, 9000 penalty units. (2) A person must not, when using a radiation source, knowingly, recklessly or negligently cause serious harm to the environment. 1200 penalty units. (3) An offence under subsection (1) or (2) is an indictable offence. __________________ Division 1—Introductory 24 Definitions s. 24 In this Part— prescribed radiation source means a radiation source that is prescribed to be a prescribed radiation source; radiation safety standard means a standard specified under section 29(1); specified radiation safety test means a test specified under section 30(1). Division 2—Approved testers 25 Role of approved testers The role of an approved tester is to— (a) conduct tests on prescribed radiation sources to determine whether the prescribed radiation sources meet the relevant radiation safety standards; and (b) issue certificates of compliance in respect of prescribed radiation sources if the prescribed
apparently employed at the premises and who is apparently at least 16 years old. (2) This section is in addition to, and not in derogation from, sections 109X and 601CX of the Corporations Act. s. 137A (3) If a notice, order or other document is addressed to the owner or occupier of premises, the notice, order or other document may be served by— (a) delivering the notice, order or other document or a true copy to a person on the premises who is apparently at least 16 years old; or (b) if there is no person on the premises who can be so served by fixing the notice, order or other document on some conspicuous part of the premises. (4) If a notice, order or other document is required to be given to or served on a person whose name and address are unknown, the notice, order or other document may be served by publishing the notice, order or other document in— (a) the Government Gazette; and (b) a newspaper generally circulating in 3 times at intervals of not less than one week between any 2 publications. (5) Any notice, order or other document required to be given to or served on the owner or occupier of any premises may if the name of the owner or occupier is not known be addressed to the owner or occupier by the description of the "owner" or "occupier" of the premises (naming them) in respect of which the notice, order or other document is given without further name or description.
(f) a reference to an unsealed radio-active source is to be taken to be a reference to radioactive material that is not a sealed source; (g) a reference to a sealed radio-active source is to be taken to be a reference to a sealed source; (h) a licence issued under the old radiation provisions is to be taken to be a reference to a licence issued under this Act; (i) a reference to an exemption under the old radiation provisions is to be taken to be a reference to an exemption under section 16. (2) In this clause— ionizing radiation apparatus, non-ionizing radiation apparatus, radio-active substance, sealed radio-active source and unsealed radio-active source have the same meaning as in section 108AB of the old radiation provisions. Sch. ENDNOTES Endnotes General Information Minister's second reading speech— Legislative Assembly: 11 August 2005 Legislative Council: 8 September 2005 The long title for the Bill for this Act was "to protect the health and safety of persons and the environment from the harmful effects of radiation, to make consequential amendments to the Health Act 1958, the Dangerous Goods Act 1985, the Environment Protection Act 1970, the Magistrates' Court
Assent Date: 18.11.08 Commencement Date: S. 33 on 1.1.09: Government Gazette 18.12.08 p. 2998 : This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Radiation Act 2005 Criminal Procedure Amendment (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2009, No. 68/2009 Assent Date: 24.11.09 Commencement Date: S. 97(Sch. item 100) on 1.1.10: Government Gazette 10.12.09 p. 3215 : This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Radiation Act 2005 Statute Law Amendment (National Health Practitioner Regulation) Act 2010, No. 13/2010 Assent Date: 30.3.10 Commencement Date: S. 51(Sch. item 45) on 1.7.10: s. 2(2) : This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Radiation Act 2005 Radiation Amendment Act 2010, No. 24/2010 Assent Date: 1.6.10 Commencement Date: Ss 4–9 on 13.7.10: Government Gazette 8.7.10 p. 1518 : This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Radiation Act 2005 Health and Human Services Legislation Amendment Act 2010, No. 29/2010 Assent Date: 8.6.10 Commencement Date: S. 67 on 1.7.10: Special Gazette (No. 235) 23.6.10 p. 1 : This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Radiation Act 2005 Endnotes Statute Law Revision Act 2011, No. 29/2011 Assent Date: 21.6.11 Commencement Date: S. 3(Sch. 1 item 78) on 22.6.11: s. 2(1) : This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Radiation Act 2005 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Explanatory Details Endnotes No entries at date of publication.