Radiation Protection Act 2006

This section applies if—

a licensee or registered owner of a regulated radiation source has failed to comply with an improvement notice within the compliance period in relation to the notice; or

an authorised person believes on reasonable grounds that—

a licensee or a registered owner of a regulated radiation source—

is contravening a safety duty; or

has contravened a safety duty, and the contravention is likely to continue or repeat; and

the contravention poses a serious or immediate risk to—

the health or safety of people; or

property; or

the environment.

The authorised person may prohibit, by oral or written notice (a prohibition notice), the licensee or registered owner doing any of the following:

dealing with a stated regulated radiation source or stated kind of regulated radiation source;

for a registered owner of a regulated radiation source—allowing another person to deal with the regulated radiation source;

anything else in relation to a regulated radiation source.

If the prohibition notice is given orally, the authorised person must—

make a written record of the notice as soon as practicable, but not later than 1 business day after the day the notice is given; and

give a copy of the written record to the licensee or registered owner as soon as practicable.