RADIATION SAFETY (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 1983 - REG 27
RADIATION SAFETY (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 1983 - REG 27
27 . Restrictions on activities of licensees and others in respect of radioactive substances
(1) A licensee shall
not administer or purport to authorise the administration of radioactive
substances or the radiation emitted thereby for the treatment of, or diagnosis
in respect of, human beings unless he is a medical practitioner who has
satisfied the Council that he has appropriate specialist qualifications and
experience or is working under the direction and supervision of such a medical
practitioner.
(2) A licensee shall
not use radioactive substances for industrial radiography unless in so doing
he complies with the requirements of the NHMRC publication entitled
“Code of Practice for the Safe Use of Industrial Radiography Equipment
1989”.
(3) A licensee shall
not use radioactive substances for the treatment of animals unless he
is —
(a) a
medical practitioner who does so in association with a veterinarian; or
(b) a
veterinarian.
(4) A licensee must
not use sealed sources in radiation gauges unless in so doing the licensee
complies with the requirements of the publication entitled “Code of
Practice and Safety Guide for the Safe Use of Fixed Radiation Gauges
(2007)” published by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear
Safety Agency in 2007.
(5) A person shall not
mine or mill any radioactive ore unless he does so —
(a)
under the direction and supervision of a licensee who is normally in
attendance at the site of that mining or milling; and
(b) in
the case of the mining or milling of radioactive ores, including mineral
sands, in accordance with the requirements of the publication entitled
“Code of Practice and Safety Guide for Radiation Protection and
Radioactive Waste Management in Mining Mineral Processing (2005)”
published by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency in
2005.
[Regulation 27 amended: Gazette
15 Mar 1991 p. 1127; 22 Jul 1997 p. 3822;
17 Aug 2010 p. 4046; SL 2022/93 r. 8.]