New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RADIATION CONTROL ACT 1990 - SECT 7

7 Responsibilities of owners of sealed source devices and certain radiation apparatus

(1) This section applies to the following things:

(a) all sealed source devices,

(b) radiation apparatus that is prescribed as apparatus to which this section applies.

(2) The owner of anything to which this section applies is guilty of an offence unless it is registered under this section in the owner’s name and any conditions to which that registration is subject are complied with.

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) The owner of anything registered under this section must not allow a person to use it unless the person is authorised to do so by a licence.

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 by or on behalf of the owner of a sealed source device or radiation apparatus and payment of the prescribed fee, register it in the owner’s name.

(5) The Authority is not to register a sealed source device or radiation apparatus under this section unless the Authority is satisfied that it complies with:

(a) any applicable requirements of the regulations, and

(b) any relevant requirements set out in a document forming part of the National Directory and adopted by the Authority under section 37.

(6) Registration under this section is subject to such conditions as may be imposed by the Authority.