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RADIATION SAFETY ACT 1999 - SECT 14

14 Requirement for transport licence--transport by road

(1) Subsection (2) applies if a radioactive substance is being transported by road in a vehicle.

(2) The person in charge of the vehicle must hold a transport licence to transport the substance.

Maximum penalty--

(a) for a radioactive substance that is not a security enhanced source--400 penalty units; or
(b) for a radioactive substance that is a security enhanced source--2500 penalty units.
Editor's note--
Under section 49(2), only an individual may apply for a transport licence that allows the transport of a radioactive substance by road.

(3) However, the person is not required to hold a transport licence if the person is helping a transport licensee to transport a radioactive substance, to which the licence relates, by road and the person is in the licensee's presence.



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