AUSTRALIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY ACT 1998

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART 1--PRELIMINARY

• 1 Short title  
• 2 Commencement  
• 3 Object of Act  
• 4 Act binds the Crown  
• 5 External Territories  
• 6 Extraterritorial operation  
• 7 Act not to prejudice Australia's defence  
• 8 Act not to prejudice national security  
• 9 Operation of Act  
• 10 Prohibition on certain nuclear installations  
• 11 Application of Act to Commonwealth contractors  
• 11A Application of Act to permitted persons  
• 12 Offences  

PART 2--DEFINITIONS

• 13 Definitions  

PART 3--ARPANSA

• 14A Application of the finance law  
• 14 The CEO (or Chief Executive Officer) of ARPANSA  
• 15 Functions of the CEO  
• 16 Minister's directions to CEO  
• 17 Delegation by Minister  
• 18 Delegation by CEO  

PART 4--THE--RADIATION HEALTH AND SAFETY ADVISORY COUNCIL

• 19 Radiation Health and Safety Advisory Council  
• 20 Functions of the Council  
• 21 Membership of the Council  
• 22 Radiation Health Committee  
• 23 Functions of the Radiation Health Committee  
• 24 Membership of the Radiation Health Committee  
• 25 Nuclear Safety Committee  
• 26 Functions of the Nuclear Safety Committee  
• 27 Membership of the Nuclear Safety Committee  
• 28 Remuneration  
• 29 Regulations  

PART 5--REGULATION--OF CONTROLLED MATERIAL, CONTROLLED APPARATUS AND CONTROLLED FACILITIES

Division 1--Prohibitions

• 30 Construction, operation etc. of controlled facilities  
• 31 Possession etc. of controlled material or controlled apparatus  

Division 2--Licences

• 32 Issue of facility licence  
• 33 Issue of source licence  
• 34 Application fees  
• 35 Licence conditions  
• 36 Amendment of licence  
• 37 Period of licence  
• 38 Cancellation and suspension of licence  
• 39 Surrender of licence  
• 40 Review of licence decisions  

Division 3--Enforcement

• 41 CEO may give directions to controlled persons  
• 42 Review of decisions to give directions  
• 43 Injunctions  
• 44 Forfeiture  

Division 4--Information-gathering

• 44A CEO may require controlled person to provide information, produce documents or appear before the CEO  
• 44B Offence--failure to comply with requirement  

PART 6--ADMINISTRATIVE--MATTERS

Division 1--Appointment, conditions etc. of CEO

• 45 Appointment of CEO  
• 46 Remuneration and allowances  
• 47 Outside employment  
• 48 Recreation leave etc.  
• 49 Resignation  
• 51 Termination of appointment  
• 52 Other terms and conditions of appointment  
• 53 Acting appointment  

Division 2--Money

• 54 CEO may charge for services  
• 55 Notional payments by the Commonwealth  
• 56 ARPANSA Account  
• 57 Amounts recoverable as debts  

Division 3--Miscellaneous

• 58 Staff and consultants  
• 59 Annual report  
• 60 Quarterly reports  
• 61 Reports to Parliament  

PART 7--POWERS--OF INSPECTION ETC.

Division 1--Appointment and powers of inspectors

• 62 Appointment of inspectors  
• 63 Powers available to inspectors for monitoring compliance  
• 64 Inspector must produce identity card on request  
• 65 Powers available to inspectors for dealing with hazardous situations  
• 66 Searches and seizures related to offences  
• 67 General powers of inspectors in relation to premises  
• 68 Details of warrant to be given to occupier etc.  
• 69 Announcement before entry  
• 70 Use of electronic equipment at premises  
• 71 Compensation for damage to electronic equipment  
• 72 Copies of seized things to be provided  
• 73 Occupier entitled to be present during search  
• 74 Receipts for things seized  
• 75 Retention of seized things  
• 76 Magistrate may permit a thing to be retained  
• 77 Monitoring warrants  
• 78 Offence related warrants  
• 79 Offence related warrants by telephone  
• 80 Offences relating to warrants  

Division 2--Improvement notices

• 80A Inspectors may give improvement notices  
• 80B Compliance with improvement notices  
• 80C Review of improvement notice decisions  

Division 3--Miscellaneous

• 81 Part does not limit power to impose licence conditions  
• 82 Operation of Nuclear Non - Proliferation (Safeguards) Act 1987  

PART 8--MISCELLANEOUS

• 83 Operation of State and Territory laws  
• 84 Powers to be exercised in accordance with international agreements  
• 85 Regulations