Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person must not use a radiation source, unless the person is allowed to use it under a use licence.
Maximum penalty--
(a) for a radiation source that is not a portable security enhanced source--400 penalty units; or
(b) for a portable security enhanced source--2500 penalty units.
Example of when a person needs a use licence--
A person who uses a radiation source to irradiate another person as part of a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure must do so under a use licence allowing the use of the source to carry out the procedure.
Editor's note--
Under section 49(2), only an individual may apply for a use licence.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if--
(a) the person is using the source in the presence, and under the personal supervision, of a use licensee who is allowed, under the licence, to use the source to carry out a radiation practice; and
(b) the use is for the purpose of--
(i) helping the licensee to carry out the practice, if the practice is a prescribed radiation practice; or
(ii) the person undergoing training prescribed under a regulation.
(3) In this section--
prescribed radiation practice means a radiation practice, other than the carrying out of a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure involving the irradiation of another person, prescribed under a regulation.