Singapore legislation
Regulation 10
of Radiation Protection (Ionising Radiation) Regulations 2023
Regulation 10
Application for licence
Subregulation 1
Every application, to alter any information specified in a licence (including but not limited to details of the irradiating apparatus or radioactive materials specified in a licence or the purpose specified in respect of such apparatus or material), must be made to the Director‑General in such form as the Director‑General may require.
Subregulation 2
For the purposes of and without limiting section 8(2) of the Act, every applicant must submit to the Director‑General relevant information and documents necessary to support the application as required by the Director‑General, including but not limited to —
evaluation of the nature, likelihood and magnitude of the exposures attributed to the practice or purpose for which the irradiating apparatus or radioactive material is to be used and sources within the practice or purpose;
safety assessment;
security assessment;
assessment of radiological environment impact;
arrangements for the safe and secure management of the sources such as a radiation protection plan or security plan for both storage and transport;
an emergency plan;
final disposal plan for generated radioactive waste and disused sealed sources; and
information and evidence on the benefits and harm to support the justification of the practice.
Subregulation 3
Without limiting section 8(3) of the Act, the Director‑General may, in his or her discretion, refuse the application for the grant of a licence if he or she is satisfied that —
if the applicant is an individual, the person is not a fit or proper person to hold the licence;
if the applicant is not an individual, an officer or a key employee of the applicant is not a fit or proper person;
it is not in the public interest to grant the licence; or
the grant of the licence may pose a threat to public order or the national security of Singapore.
Subregulation 4
For the purposes of paragraph (3), in determining whether —
an applicant, if an individual, is or is not a fit or proper person to hold the licence, the Director‑General may, if he or she thinks it is necessary, take into consideration that the applicant has been convicted of an offence under the Act or any of its regulations, or any other offence involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude; or
an officer or a key employee of the applicant, if the applicant is not an individual, is or is not a fit or proper person, the Director‑General may, if he or she thinks it is necessary, take into consideration that the officer or key employee has been convicted of an offence under the Act or any of its regulations, or any other offence involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude.
Subregulation 5
Paragraph (4) does not limit the matters which the Director‑General may take into consideration in determining for the purposes of paragraph (3) whether an applicant, if an individual or an officer or a key employee of the applicant, is or is not a fit or proper person.