RADIATION SAFETY (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 1983 - REG 7C

RADIATION SAFETY (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 1983 - REG 7C

7C .         Exemption for certain radioactive substances contained in electron capture detector

        (1)         In this regulation —

        ECD substance means either of the radioactive substances Nickel 63 or Hydrogen 3;

        electron capture detector means a device —

            (a)         that contains an ECD substance in a sealed source; and

            (b)         that is used in a laboratory or industrial application for the specific detection of electron absorbing compounds.

        (2)         Subject to subregulation (3), an ECD substance contained in an electron capture detector that is part of equipment used for gas chromatography is exempt from the Act and these regulations, other than those provisions relating to the sale or disposal of radioactive substances.

        (3)         The exemption granted by subregulation (2) only applies if the electron capture detector has a durable label in substantially the form set out in Schedule III affixed in a prominent position on its front surface.

        [Regulation 7C inserted: Gazette 11 Nov 1994 p. 5695; amended: Gazette 31 Dec 1999 p. 7061.]