Singapore legislation
Clause 12
Clause 12
Amendment of section 43
Section 43 of the principal Act is amended —
by deleting paragraph (i) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:“(i)requiring persons who are exposed or are likely to be exposed to the risk of disease due to radiation from any radioactive substance or irradiating apparatus to submit to screening and decontamination procedures by such persons as may be approved by the Director-General, as well as to medical examinations, including blood tests;”;
by inserting, immediately after the words “not exceeding $50,000” in subsection (1)(t), the words “or an imprisonment term not exceeding 6 months or both”; and
by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Agency may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations for the purposes of implementing the Nuclear Material Convention, including for or with respect to any of the matters referred to in subsection (1), as well as to prescribe measures for the physical protection of a nuclear facility within the meaning of the Convention, including licensing the operation of such facility.”.