South Australian Consolidated Acts

RADIATION PROTECTION AND CONTROL ACT 1982 - SECT 30

30—Registration of sealed radioactive source

        (1)         A sealed radioactive source must be registered under this section in the name of the owner of the source.

        (2)         If a sealed radioactive source required to be registered under this section in the name of the owner is not so registered, the owner is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $10 000.

        (3)         Subsection (1) does not apply to a sealed radioactive source of a prescribed class.

        (4)         The Minister may, on application in the prescribed form and payment of the prescribed fee, register a sealed radioactive source in the name of the owner of the source.

        (5)         The Minister must not register a sealed radioactive source under this section unless the Minister is satisfied that the source has been constructed, contained, shielded and installed in accordance with the regulations.

        (6)         If the Minister refuses to register a sealed radioactive source under this section, the Minister may, by notice in writing, forfeit the source to the Crown, in which case, the source may be seized by an authorised officer and disposed of in such manner as the Minister directs.