AUSTRALIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY ACT 1998 - SECT 9 Operation of Act

AUSTRALIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY ACT 1998 - SECT 9

  (1)   It is the intention of the Parliament that this Act is not to exclude the operation of the Nuclear Non - Proliferation (Safeguards) Act 1987 , to the extent that the Nuclear Non - Proliferation (Safeguards) Act 1987 is capable of operating concurrently with this Act.

Example:   A controlled person may be required by this Act to hold a licence, and by the Nuclear Non - Proliferation (Safeguards) Act 1987 to hold a permit, in respect of the same thing. The controlled person must satisfy the requirements of both Acts in so far as they are capable of being satisfied concurrently.

  (2)   The application of this Act in relation to nuclear material and associated items within the meaning of the Nuclear Non - Proliferation (Safeguards) Act 1987 is subject to any modifications that are prescribed by the regulations.