23. Taking samples and testing radioactive materials and irradiating apparatus

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• authorised officer

  authorised officer

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  “authorised officer” means any authorised officer appointed under section 3;

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• Director

  Director

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  “Director” means the Director of Radiation Protection appointed under section 3;

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• irradiating apparatus

  irradiating apparatus

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  “irradiating apparatus” means any apparatus that can be used for the production of X-rays or gamma rays or for the acceleration of atomic particles in such a way that it produces a dose equivalent rate of or exceeding 0.25 millirem per hour at a point which could be reached by a living human being;

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• premises

  premises

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  “premises” includes messuages, houses, buildings and lands, whether open or enclosed, and whether public or private, and includes any place underground and any land covered by water;

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• radioactive material

  radioactive material

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  “radioactive material” means any article containing a radioactive substance giving it a specific radioactivity exceeding 0.002 microcurie per gram and a total radioactivity exceeding 0.1 microcurie;

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• radioactive substance

  radioactive substance

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  “radioactive substance” means a radionuclide or mixture of radionuclides, either alone or in chemical combination with other elements;

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