33. Regulations
Feedback & supportThe Minister may from time to time make such regulations as may in his opinion be necessary or expedient for giving full effect to the provisions of this Act and for the due administration thereof and without prejudice to the generality of such powers may make regulations for all or any of the following purposes:
prescribing precautions to be taken to prevent injury being caused by ionizing radiations to the health of persons employed in premises where radioactive materials are manufactured, produced, treated, sold, stored, or used, or where irradiating apparatus is used, tested or repaired or of other persons likely to be exposed to harmful radiation;
ionizing radiations
“ionizing radiations” means electro-magnetic radiations and corpuscular radiations which give rise to the formation of ion pairs on interaction with matter;
making provisions to ensure that any radioactive waste products from any source whatever are disposed of safely;
radioactive waste
“radioactive waste” means any waste which consists wholly or partly of —(a)the substance or article which, if it were not waste, would be radioactive material; or(b)a substance or article which has been contaminated in the course of the production, keeping or use of radioactive material or by contact with, or proximity to other waste falling within paragraph (a);
imposing requirements as to the erection or structural alteration of buildings in which any radioactive material is manufactured, produced, treated, sold, used or stored, or where irradiating apparatus is used, tested or repaired;
radioactive material
“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;
prescribing precautions to be taken to prevent injury being caused by the transport of radioactive materials to the health of persons engaged therein and other persons, prescribing the method of packing any radioactive material, and prescribing the marks to be placed on the vessels or receptacles or transport containers containing any radioactive material;
prescribing the method of treatment or disposal of any package, container, or vessel that has been used to convey, hold, or store any radioactive substance;
disposal
“disposal”, in relation to waste, includes its removal, deposit or destruction, and includes its discharge, whether onto land or into water or into air or into a sewer or a drain or otherwise, and also includes its burial, whether underground or otherwise, and “dispose of” shall be construed accordingly;
prescribing the manner in which and the conditions subject to which radioactive materials may be stored or used;
prescribing the purpose for which any radioactive substance or irradiating apparatus may be used;
radioactive substance
“radioactive substance” means a radionuclide or mixture of radionuclides, either alone or in chemical combination with other elements;
prohibiting or restricting the use of any specified radioactive material or class of radioactive materials;
prohibiting or restricting the use of any specified type of irradiating apparatus;
irradiating apparatus
“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;
prescribing the maximum working hours and minimum age of persons engaged in the manufacture, production, treatment, storage, sale, or use of radioactive substances or the use, testing or repair of irradiating apparatus, prescribing the minimum holidays to be taken by those persons, and providing for the medical examination of those persons;
regulating the issue by licensed registered medical practitioners of prescriptions containing any radioactive substance;
regulating the dispensing and compounding of any prescription (by licensed registered pharmacists) containing any radioactive substance;
providing for the making of returns by owners of radioactive materials of the quantities and classes of radioactive materials held by them;
providing for the keeping by purchasers of radioactive substances of records specifying the purposes to which those substances are put, and for the inspection of those records, and for the making of returns of entries in those records;
providing for the keeping of records of all application of X-rays or radioactive substances for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes;
prescribing the forms or applications, licences, registers, notices and other documents required for the purposes of this Act, and authorising the Director to prescribe such forms;
Director
“Director” means the Director of Radiation Protection appointed under section 3;
prescribing fees payable in respect of any application or licence under this Act;
licence
“licence” means a valid licence granted under the provisions of this Act;
prescribing the fees payable in respect of services rendered by the Director;
regulating the registration of mobile radioactive and irradiating laboratories;
providing for the constitution of the Board and regulating the conduct of appeals before the Board;
providing for the payment of allowances to members of the Board; and
generally for the carrying out of the provisions of this Act.