RADIATION SAFETY (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 1983 - REG 7A

RADIATION SAFETY (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 1983 - REG 7A

7A .         Exemption for radioactive substances contained in certain self luminous devices

        (1)         Subject to subregulation (2), a radioactive substance that is contained in a self luminous device of a model and type specified in Schedule VIIA, or that is contained in a gaseous tritium light device used in an aircraft, is exempted from the provisions of the Act and the regulations, except those provisions relating to the sale or disposal of radioactive substances.

        (2)         Subject to subregulation (3), the exemption given by subregulation (1) does not apply in relation to a device unless —

            (a)         the device is used for a purpose which is related to safety; and

            (b)         the device does not incorporate any change in design or structure that has been made since the exemption was granted; and

            (c)         the device has affixed to its front surface, in a prominent position, a durable label in the form shown hereunder —

                and

            (d)         the device has affixed to it a label indicating the radioisotope it contains, its activity as measured on a particular date and the date on which that activity was measured, and the effective useful life span of the device.

        (3)         Subregulation (2)(b) and (c) do not apply to a gaseous tritium light device used in an aircraft.

        [Regulation 7A inserted: Gazette 6 Sep 1991 p. 4631; amended: Gazette 4 Mar 1994 p. 837.]