Western Australian Consolidated Acts

RADIATION SAFETY ACT 1975 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This is a compilation of the Radiation Safety Act 1975 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table ^1a. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Radiation Safety Act 1975	44 of 1975	18 Sep 1975	7 May 1976 (see s. 2 and Gazette 7 May 1976 p. 1381)
Radiation Safety Act Amendment Act 1979	20 of 1979	30 Aug 1979	30 Aug 1979
Acts Amendment (Statutory Designations) and Validation Act 1981 s. 4	63 of 1981	13 Oct 1981	13 Oct 1981
Health Legislation Amendment Act 1984 Pt. XXII	28 of 1984	31 May 1984	1 Jul 1984 (see s. 2 and Gazette 15 Jun 1984 p. 1629)
Guardianship and Administration Act 1990 s. 123	24 of 1990	7 Sep 1990	20 Oct 1992 (see s. 2 and Gazette 2 Oct 1992 p. 4811)

Acts Amendment (Public Sector Management) Act 1994 s. 3(1) and 4	32 of 1994	29 Jun 1994	1 Oct 1994 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Sep 1994 p. 4948)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1998 s. 76	10 of 1998	30 Apr 1998	30 Apr 1998 (see s. 2(1))
Nuclear Waste Storage (Prohibition) Act 1999 s. 10(2)	54 of 1999	7 Dec 1999	7 Dec 1999 (see s. 2)
Reprint of the Radiation Safety Act 1975 as at 25 Feb 2000 (includes amendments listed above) (correction in Gazette 28 Oct 2003 p. 4527)
Nurses Amendment Act 2003 Pt. 3 Div. 6	9 of 2003	9 Apr 2003	9 Apr 2003 (see s. 2)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2003 s. 99	74 of 2003	15 Dec 2003	15 Dec 2003 (see s. 2)
Nuclear Waste Storage (Prohibition) Amendment Act 2004 s. 14	2 of 2004	1 Apr 2004	1 Apr 2004 (see s. 2)
Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 s. 141 3	59 of 2004 (as amended by No. 2 of 2008 s. 77(13))	23 Nov 2004	1 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7128)
State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 2 Div. 110 4	55 of 2004	24 Nov 2004	1 Jan 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7130)
Criminal Procedure and Appeals (Consequential and Other Provisions) Act 2004 s. 79 and 82	84 of 2004	16 Dec 2004	2 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7129) (correction in Gazette 7 Jan 2005 p. 53)
Reprint 2: The Radiation Safety Act 1975 as at 4 Nov 2005 (includes amendments listed above)
Medical Radiation Technologists Act 2006 Sch. 3 cl. 5	21 of 2006	9 Jun 2006	1 Jul 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 26 Jun 2007 p. 3013)
Nurses and Midwives Act 2006 Sch. 3 cl. 19	50 of 2006	6 Oct 2006	19 Sep 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 18 Sep 2007 p. 4711)
Statutes (Repeals and Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2009 s. 107	8 of 2009	21 May 2009	22 May 2009 (see s. 2(b))
Acts Amendment (Bankruptcy) Act 2009 s. 73	18 of 2009	16 Sep 2009	17 Sep 2009 (see s. 2(b))
Reprint 3: The Radiation Safety Act 1975 as at 6 Nov 2009 (includes amendments listed above)
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (WA) Act 2010 142, 146 and 147(1)	35 of 2010	30 Aug 2010	18 Oct 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 1 Oct 2010 p. 5075-6)
Public Sector Reform Act 2010 s. 89	39 of 2010	1 Oct 2010	1 Dec 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 5 Nov 2010 p. 5563)

^1a On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, provisions referred to in the following table had not come into operation and were therefore not included in this compilation. For the text of the provisions see the endnotes referred to in the table.

Provisions that have not come into operation

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (WA) Act 2010s. 143-145, 147(2)-(4), 148 and 149 5	35 of 2010	30 Aug 2010	To be proclaimed (see s. 2(b))

² Repealed by section 5 of this Act.

³ The Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Sch. 2 cl. 44 was deleted by the Criminal Law and Evidence Amendment Act 2008 s. 77(13).

⁴ The State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 5, the State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004 s. 167 and 169, and the State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004 r. 28 and 42 deal with certain transitional issues some of which may be relevant for this Act.

⁵ On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (WA) Act 2010 s. 143-145, 147(2)-(4), 148 and 149 had not come into operation. They read as follows:

143. Section 4 amended

(1) In section 4 delete the definition of medical radiation technologist.

(2) In section 4 insert in alphabetical order:

Board means the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia established under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) section 31;

medical radiation practitioner means a person who is registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) in the medical radiation practice profession;

medical radiation technology means —

(a) medical imaging technology; or

(b) nuclear medicine technology; or

(c) radiation therapy;

144. Section 13 amended

Delete section 13(2)(b)(vii) and insert:

(vii) one shall be a medical radiation practitioner.

145. Section 24A amended

(1) In section 24A(1) delete “as defined in section 3 of the Medical Radiation Technologists Act 2006”.

(2) In section 24A(1)(a) delete “medical radiation technologist” and insert:

medical radiation practitioner

Note: The heading to amended section 24A is to read:

Disclosure of information to the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia

147. Section 27 amended

(2) In section 27(2)(b) delete “medical radiation technology as defined in section 3 of the Medical Radiation Technologists Act 2006,” and insert:

medical radiation technology,

(3) In section 27(2)(ba)(i) delete “medical radiation technologist” and insert:

medical radiation practitioner

(4) In section 27(2)(bb)(i) delete “medical radiation technologist” and insert:

medical radiation practitioner

148. Section 37A inserted

After section 36 insert:

37A. Conflict or inconsistency between conditions imposed under Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) and this Act

(1) If there is any conflict or inconsistency between a condition —

(a) imposed on a medical radiation practitioner under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia); and

(b) imposed on a licence held by the medical radiation practitioner under this Act,

then —

(c) the condition imposed on the licence prevails (whether that condition was imposed before or after the condition imposed under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia)); and

(d) the condition imposed under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) is of no effect to the extent of the conflict or inconsistency.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a conflict or inconsistency does not exist merely because the condition imposed under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) imposes more stringent measures or a higher duty or standard in respect of a particular matter or aspect of practice.

149. Section 40A inserted

After section 39 insert:

40A. Notifications to Radiological Council

(1) The Board is to give the Radiological Council written advice of the following matters —

(a) the cancellation of the registration of a medical radiation practitioner and the removal of that person’s name from the register under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia);

(b) the taking of immediate action in relation to a medical radiation practitioner under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) Part 8 Division 7, together with a copy of the notice given to the practitioner;

(c) the suspension or revocation of the suspension from the practice of medical radiation technology under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) of a medical radiation practitioner, whether generally or in relation to any specified area, circumstances or service;

(d) the imposition, variation or revocation of any condition on registration or the practice of medical radiation technology under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) of a medical radiation practitioner;

(e) the referral of a matter relating to a medical radiation practitioner to the responsible tribunal under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia).

(2) The advice is to be given no later than 14 days after the occurrence of the matter referred to in that subsection.

Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term Provision(s)
authorisation 41A(1)
authorised officer 4
Council 4
electronic product 4
Executive Director 4
irradiating apparatus 4
medical radiation technologist 4
nuclear waste 41A(1)
owner 4
purchaser 4
radioactive substance 4
sell 4
seller 4
supervisor 27(2)
the repealed Acts 4