Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

RADIATION PROTECTION ACT 2006 - SECT 9

    (1)     A thing is a radiation source if it emits or may emit radiation.

    (2)     A radiation source can be a radiation apparatus, a radiation facility or radioactive material.

    (3)     A "radiation apparatus "is—

        (a)     apparatus that—

              (i)     produces radiation when energised; or

              (ii)     if assembled or repaired, would be capable of producing radiation when energised; or

        (b)     a thing prescribed by regulation to be a radiation apparatus.

    (4)     A radiation facility is a facility prescribed by regulation to be a radiation facility.

    (5)     Radioactive material is material that spontaneously emits ionising radiation as a consequence of nuclear transformations.