New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RADIATION CONTROL ACT 1990 - SECT 6

6 Restrictions on possession, use and sale etc of radioactive substances and certain radiation apparatus

(1) This section applies to the following:

(a) all radioactive substances,

(b) all ionising radiation apparatus,

(c) non-ionising radiation apparatus prescribed as apparatus to which this section applies.

(2) A person must not possess, use, sell or give away anything to which this section applies unless the person is the holder of a licence under this section and does so in compliance with any conditions to which the licence is subject.

Maximum penalty: 1,500 penalty units in the case of a corporation or 250 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both, in any other case.

(3) A person must not sell or give away anything to which this section applies except to a person who holds a licence under this section authorising the possession, use or sale of that thing.

Maximum penalty: 1,500 penalty units in the case of a corporation or 250 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both, in any other case.

(4) The Authority may, on application in the approved form and payment of the prescribed fee, grant a licence.

(5) The Authority is not to grant a licence authorising a person to use anything to which this section applies unless it is satisfied:

(a) that the applicant is a natural person and is a fit and proper person to hold the licence, and

(b) that the applicant has appropriate knowledge of the principles and practices of radiation safety and protection applicable to the activities proposed to be carried on by the applicant pursuant to the licence, and

(c) that the applicant meets any relevant requirements for licensing for use of the substance or apparatus set out in a document forming part of the National Directory and adopted by the Authority under section 37.

(6) A licence is subject to such conditions as may be imposed by the Authority.