Singapore legislation
Regulation 17
of Radiation Protection (Ionising Radiation) Regulations 2023
Regulation 17
Responsibility of licensee
Subregulation 1
Every licensee must ensure that the licensee and every employee and worker employed by the licensee or under the licensee’s supervision comply with these Regulations.
Subregulation 2
Every licensee has the prime responsibility for —
establishing and implementing the technical and organisational measures that are necessary for ensuring protection and safety and for compliance with all applicable requirements of these Regulations; and
designating suitably qualified persons to carry out actions and tasks related to these responsibilities.
Subregulation 3
Every licensee must document the names and responsibilities of persons designated under paragraph (2)(b) and such documentation must be —
kept up to date; and
made available for inspection at any time by the Director‑General or any authorised officer.
Subregulation 4
Without limiting regulation 65(3), every licensee must ensure that any radioactive material is managed as radioactive waste where —
no further use of the radioactive material is foreseen; and
the radioactive material is unsuitable for authorised discharge, authorised use or clearance from regulatory control.
Subregulation 5
Every licensee who receives any irradiating apparatus or radioactive material must make arrangements with the supplier of the irradiating apparatus or radioactive material (as the case may be) for the purpose of —
obtaining information on conditions of use and operating experience that may be important for protection and safety; and
providing feedback and information that may have implications for protection and safety for other users, or that may have implications for the possibility for improvements in protection and safety for the irradiating apparatus or radioactive material.
Subregulation 6
Every licensee who supplies any irradiating apparatus or radioactive material must make information available on the proper installation, safe management and use of the irradiating apparatus or radioactive material (as the case may be) and its associated risks, including but not limited to performance specifications, instructions for operation and maintenance, and instructions for protection and safety.
Subregulation 7
Where a licensee is aware that a fault or defect exists or is suspected to exist in any irradiating apparatus or apparatus containing a sealed radioactive source, the licensee must —
immediately cease the operation of the apparatus;
immediately investigate the apparent fault or defect and, if necessary, cause the apparatus to be shut down, removed from service, repaired or replaced; and
inform all individuals who may have been exposed to radiation from the apparatus that they may have been so exposed in amounts exceeding those they would normally receive from the apparatus when in faultless condition.
Subregulation 8
Where a licensee is aware that a fault or defect exists or is suspected to exist in any engineering control equipment (such as extract ventilation, a fume cupboard or a glove box) used to ensure safe working conditions in the use of unsealed radioactive materials, the licensee must —
immediately investigate the apparent fault or defect and, if necessary, cause the equipment to be shut down, removed from service, replaced or repaired;
inform all individuals who may have been exposed to radioactive materials as a result of the fault or defect; and
cause appropriate biological monitoring to be carried out for all individuals so exposed.