Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts5. Exemptions
(1) A radioactive substance specified in Schedule 5 is exempt from the operation of this Act if its radioactivity does not exceed the maximum specified for it in that Schedule.
(2) Nothing in this Act applies to the mining, production, possession, treatment, handling, sale, use or disposal of uranium ores or uranium oxide (U 3 O 8 ).
(3) The Chief Health Officer, by notice in the Gazette , may exempt from the operation of this Act any radioactive substance or irradiating apparatus which he is satisfied does not produce a significant radiation hazard.