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Duty on authorised persons—nuclear safety management systems

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Part 2Ensuring nuclear safety when conducting regulated activities
Division 2Nuclear safety duties
Subdivision CNuclear safety duties applying to persons authorised by a licence

24 Duty on authorised persons—nuclear safety management systems

(1)

A person who is authorised to conduct a regulated activity under a licence must, so far as reasonably practicable, implement and comply with the nuclear safety management system that applies to the regulated activity.

Civil penalty provision

(2)

A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).

Note 1:

It is not necessary to prove a person’s state of mind in proceedings for a contravention of a civil penalty provision, except in limited circumstances (see section 94 of the Regulatory Powers Act).

Note 2:

Under subsection 82(5) of the Regulatory Powers Act, the pecuniary penalty imposed for a contravention of a civil penalty provision must not be more than that specified for the provision (or, for a body corporate, not more than 5 times that specified).

Civil penalty: 2,500 penalty units.

Offence

(3)

A person commits an offence if:

(a)

the person is authorised to conduct a regulated activity under a licence; and

(b)

the person engages in conduct; and

(c)

the conduct contravenes subsection (1).

Penalty:

(a)

for an individual—imprisonment for 3 years or 175 penalty units, or both; or

(b)

for a body corporate—7,000 penalty units.

(4)

Strict liability applies to paragraph (3)(a).

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