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RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS 2006 (S.R. 2006, NO. 37) - REG 19

PART 7 - Disposal Disposal

(1)  In this regulation –
approved disposal site means an area of land or place approved, for the disposal of radioactive materials, by both –
(a) the Director of Environmental Management appointed under section 18 of the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994 ; and
(b) the relevant local government authority;
prescribed radiation apparatus means a radiation apparatus which a person must not possess other than in accordance with a licence.
(2)  A person must not dispose of any radioactive material or prescribed radiation apparatus in –
(a) a natural or artificial waterway except in accordance with regulations 20 , 21 , 22 and 23 ; or
(b) an inland body of water; or
(c) the sea.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 500 penalty units.
(3)  A person must not dispose of any radioactive material to which the Disposal Code applies except in accordance with the Disposal Code and –
(a) at an approved disposal site; or
(b) into the atmosphere in a manner approved by the Director of Public Health; or
(c) by disposal into a sewer in accordance with regulations 20 , 21 , 22 and 23 .
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 250 penalty units.
(4)  As soon as practicable after a person discontinues using a sealed source, the person must dispose of it in a method approved by the Director of Public Health if –
(a) no further use for the sealed source by any other person is foreseen; or
(b) the sealed source is no longer permitted to be used.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 500 penalty units.
(5)  A person must not dispose of a prescribed radiation apparatus other than –
(a) by –
(i) hiring out or leasing the radiation apparatus; or
(ii) transferring the ownership or custody of, or the responsibility for, the radiation apparatus; or
(b) in a manner that renders the radiation apparatus incapable of operation and unable to be reassembled or repaired so as to emit radiation.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 250 penalty units.



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