New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

RADIATION CONTROL REGULATION 2003 - REG 30L

30L Requirements for persons who carry on solaria businesses

A person who carries on a solaria business must ensure that:

(a) a tanning unit at the business is not capable of being operated by a client of the business, other than to terminate or suspend a tanning session, and

(b) there is within the reach of a client using a tanning unit at the business a means by which the client may terminate or suspend a tanning session involving the unit, and

(c) the operator of a tanning unit at the business is able to terminate a tanning session remotely, and

(d) a timing device is installed on each tanning unit at the business that can be set to automatically switch off the unit when the maximum amount of exposure to ultraviolet radiation specified under clause 30E for the client concerned is reached, and

(e) ultraviolet screening is provided to contain direct ultraviolet radiation emitted by a tanning unit to the area normally occupied by a client using the tanning unit, and

(f) if a client is exposed to ultraviolet radiation from a tanning unit in a standing position, there is at least one mechanism provided to support the person in that position.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.