28. 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, in particular, may make regulations for or with respect to —
the form and manner of applying for and granting, and the fees for licences and renewals thereof, and the matters to be taken into consideration in respect of any application for or for the renewal of a licence or in respect of any proposal to suspend or cancel a licence;
the granting of different classes or types of licences under this Act;
the form of the registers to be kept under this Act;
regulating the sale, purchase or manufacture of, or the dealing with, any radioactive substance and irradiating apparatus;
radioactive substance
“radioactive substance” means a radionuclide or mixture of radionuclides, either alone or in chemical combination with other elements;
regulating the transport, storage, use and disposal of any radioactive substance and irradiating apparatus;
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;
preventing injury by radiations to any person;
securing the safe disposal of any radioactive waste products resulting from the manufacture, production, treatment, storage or use of radioactive substances;
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 with respect to the construction or structural alteration of buildings used or intended to be used for the manufacture, production, treatment, storage or use of any radioactive substance, or in which irradiating apparatus is used or intended to be used;
irradiating apparatus
“irradiating apparatus” means —(a)any apparatus that is capable of producing ionising radiation;(b)any apparatus of a prescribed type that is capable of producing non-ionising radiation; and(c)any component of or accessory to an apparatus described in paragraph (a) or (b);
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 medical examinations, including blood tests;
prohibiting the use of any prescribed radioactive substance or any prescribed class or description of irradiating apparatus either generally, or for prescribed purposes or otherwise than for prescribed purposes;
prescribed
“prescribed” means prescribed by this Act or by regulations made thereunder;
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;
prescribing personnel or area monitoring;
regulating the use of any radioactive substance for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes;
regulating the dispensing and compounding of any prescription 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 irradiating apparatus or radioactive substances for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes;
regulating the registration of mobile radioactive and irradiating laboratories;
prescribing the fees payable for services rendered by the Director; and
Director
“Director” means the Director of Radiation Protection appointed under section 3;
all matters which are required or permitted to be prescribed or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the provisions of this Act.