South Australian Consolidated Regulations

RADIATION PROTECTION AND CONTROL (IONISING RADIATION) REGULATIONS 2000 - REG 15

15—Appointment of radiation safety officers

        (1)         A person must, within three months of becoming a specified employer, appoint a person to be a radiation safety officer.

        (2)         A specified employer must appoint a radiation safety officer in respect of each separate establishment—

            (a)         at which the specified employer carries on any operation for the mining or milling of radioactive ore; or

            (b)         of which the specified employer is a registered occupier; or

            (c)         at which the specified employer employs a radiation worker.

        (3)         A specified employer must not appoint a person to be a radiation safety officer unless that person has detailed knowledge of the principles and practices of all aspects of radiation protection applicable to the activities carried out by the specified employer at the establishment in respect of which the radiation safety officer is appointed.

        (4)         A specified employer must not appoint a person to be an assistant radiation safety officer unless that person has detailed knowledge of the principles and practices of all aspects of radiation protection applicable to those activities of the specified employer in respect of which the person is to assist the radiation safety officer.

        (5)         A specified employer must, within seven days of appointing a radiation safety officer or assistant radiation safety officer, serve on the Minister a notice in writing setting out—

            (a)         the full name and date of birth of the person appointed; and

            (b)         the business and residential address of the person appointed and full contact details at those addresses; and

            (c)         details of the educational qualifications of the person appointed; and

            (d)         details of any formal training in radiation protection undergone by the person appointed; and

            (e)         details of the practical experience in radiation protection of the person appointed; and

            (f)         in the case of the appointment of an assistant radiation safety officer—details of the activities of the specified employer in respect to which the assistant radiation safety officer will assist the radiation safety officer.

        (6)         Subregulation (5) does not apply to a specified employer who—

            (a)         holds a licence under section 28 or 31 of the Act; and

            (b)         is the only person so licensed working at the establishment under his or her control; and

            (c)         is the radiation safety officer for that establishment.

        (7)         If, after a specified employer gives notice to the Minister under subregulation (5)—

            (a)         any information contained in that notice relating to the radiation safety officer or an assistant radiation safety officer changes; or

            (b)         the specified employer becomes aware of additional information relating to the radiation safety officer or assistant radiation safety officer,

and such changed or additional information is of a kind that the specified employer would have been required by these regulations to have included in the notice had he or she known of it at the time the notice was served, the specified employer must, within 14 days of becoming aware of the changed or additional information, serve on the Minister a notice in writing that complies with subregulation (5).