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RADIATION SAFETY ACT 1999 - SECT 18

18 When a possession licensee must obtain a certificate of compliance

(1) Subsection (2) applies in relation to a radiation source if there is a relevant radiation safety standard for the source.

(2) A possession licensee who, under the licence, possesses the source for a radiation practice must ensure the source is not used to carry out the practice unless, within the period prescribed under a regulation before the day of use, the licensee has obtained a certificate of compliance for the source.

Maximum penalty--50 penalty units.

(3) Subsections (4) and (5) apply in relation to premises if there is a relevant radiation safety standard for the premises.

(4) A possession licensee who, under the licence, possesses a radiation source for a radiation practice must ensure the source is not used to carry out the practice at the premises unless, within the period prescribed under a regulation before the day of use, the licensee has obtained a certificate of compliance for the premises.

Maximum penalty--50 penalty units.

(5) A possession licensee who, under the licence, possesses a radioactive substance must not store the substance, or allow the substance to be stored, at the premises unless, within the period prescribed under a regulation before the day of storage, the licensee has obtained a certificate of compliance for the premises.

Maximum penalty for subsection (5)--50 penalty units.



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