South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated ActsIn this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—
"accreditation" means an accreditation under Part 3 Division 3B;
"authority" means a licence or registration;
"authorised officer" means a person who is an authorised officer under Part 2
either by virtue of appointment as such or ex officio ;
"the Committee" means the Radiation Protection Committee established under
Part 2;
"conversion" in relation to uranium means conversion of uranium oxides to
uranium hexafluoride;
"Department" means the administrative unit of the Public Service charged with
the administration of this Act;
"developmental testing operations" means pilot operations for the extraction
or processing of ores or minerals for the purposes of evaluating future mining
or mineral processing operations;
"enrichment" in relation to uranium means alteration of the isotopic
composition of uranium;
"handle" includes manipulate by any indirect or remote means;
"the Indenture" has the same meaning as in the Roxby Downs (Indenture
Ratification) Act 1982 ;
"ionising radiation" means electromagnetic or particulate radiation capable of
producing ions directly or indirectly in passage through matter but does not
include electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength greater than 100 nanometres;
"ionising radiation apparatus" means apparatus capable of producing ionising
radiation by accelerating atomic particles;
"the Joint Venturers" has the same meaning as in the Roxby Downs (Indenture
Ratification) Act 1982 ;
"licence" means a licence or a temporary licence under Part 3;
"mineral processing" means operations for the concentration or processing of
ores or minerals, or operations for processing fluids from in situ or other
leaching operations conducted on ores or minerals, and includes incidental
operations for the management of radioactive process materials, residues and
wastes;
"the Mines Minister" means the Minister for the time being responsible for the
administration of the Mining Act 1971 ;
"mining" means operations for the recovery, handling or storage of ores or
minerals and includes—
(a)
construction activities to establish any mine facilities; and
(b)
incidental operations for the recovery, handling or storage of ores or
minerals; and
(c)
incidental operations for the management or disposal of waste or residues; and
(d)
rehabilitation activities to restore land disturbed by mining operations; and
(e) in
situ leaching and operations by means of which minerals are recovered from an
ore or a natural body of water; and
(f)
other operations brought within the ambit of this definition by the
regulations,
but does not include—
(g)
surface excavating that does not intersect with any such ores or minerals; or
(h)
surface drilling for the purposes of exploration; or
(i)
geophysical prospecting; or
(j)
other operations excluded from the ambit of this definition by the
regulations;
"mining licence" means a licence authorising the carrying out of operations
for the mining or processing of ores or extracted minerals;
"non-ionising radiation" means electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength
greater than 100 nanometres;
"non-ionising radiation apparatus" means apparatus capable of producing
non-ionising radiation but not ionising radiation;
"owner" in relation to an apparatus or thing that has been let out on hire,
means the person who takes it on hire;
"premises" means any land, any building or structure whether fixed or
moveable, or any part of any land, building or structure;
"radiation" means ionising radiation or non-ionising radiation;
"radiation apparatus" means ionising radiation apparatus or non-ionising
radiation apparatus;
"radiation source" means a sealed radioactive source, unsealed radioactive
substance or radiation apparatus, or any equipment, object, article or thing
that emits or may emit ionising or non-ionising radiation when energised;
"radioactive ore" means an ore or mineral containing more than the prescribed
concentrations of a radioactive element or compound;
"radioactive substance" means a substance occurring naturally or artificially
produced (whether solid, liquid or gaseous) which consists of or contains any
radioactive element or compound whether natural or artificial and includes any
device or thing that contains such a substance;
"registered occupier" means a person in whose name premises are registered
under Part 3;
"registered owner" means a person in whose name a sealed radioactive source or
radiation apparatus is registered under Part 3;
"registration" means registration under Part 3;
"sealed radioactive source" means a radioactive substance bonded within metals
or sealed in a capsule or other container in such a way as to—
(a)
minimise the possibility of escape or dispersion of the radioactive substance;
and
(b)
allow the emission of ionising radiation for use as required;
"unsealed radioactive substance" means a radioactive substance that is not a
sealed radioactive source;
"uranium" includes a chemical compound of uranium;
"vehicle" includes any kind of aircraft or vessel.