Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

RADIATION PROTECTION ACT - SECT 89

    (1)     The Administrator may make regulations under this Act.

    (2)     The Regulations may provide for any of the following:

        (a)     the disposal of radiation sources;

        (b)     radiation protection measures;

        (c)     radiation monitoring required to be carried out by persons;

        (d)     the records to be kept and returns to be made by persons and the inspection of the records;

        (e)     the application, adoption or incorporation (wholly or partly and with or without modification) of a document as in force at a particular time or from time to time;

        (f)     fees payable, and the refund (wholly or partly) of fees paid, under this Act;

        (g)     the establishment of a body to advise the Chief Health Officer on matters relating to the administration of this Act and the business and conduct of meetings of the body, including:

            (i)     the times and places of meetings;

            (ii)     the quorum for meetings;

            (iii)     the presiding member at meetings; and

            (iv)     the disclosure of a member's interest before meetings;

        (h)     the designation of an offence against the Regulations as a regulatory offence;

            (i)     penalties for offences against the Regulations not exceeding 100 penalty units for a natural person and 500 penalty units for a body corporate;

        (j)     the payment of a prescribed amount instead of a penalty that may otherwise be imposed for an offence against this Act, the service of a notice for payment of the amount on a person alleged to have committed the offence and the particulars to be included in the notice.

    (2A)     The Regulations may also provide for matters relevant to the application of this Act to a person's practising certificate or certificate of provisional registration, or a permit, under the Radiographers Act , that is taken to be a licence under section 100 or 102.