Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Act 2024

A licence is subject to all of the following conditions:

the condition set out in subsection (2);

the conditions prescribed by the regulations;

conditions specified by the Regulator in the licence at the time of issuing the licence;

any conditions specified by the Regulator under subsection 34(2) after the licence is issued.

A licence is subject to the condition that the licence holder must take all reasonably practicable steps to prevent:

breaches of the licence conditions that apply to the licence holder (other than this condition); and

breaches of any licence conditions that apply to persons authorised to conduct regulated activities under the licence.

A condition may be prescribed or specified for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) or (c) only if the condition is necessary to ensure nuclear safety.

Without limiting the conditions that may be prescribed or specified for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) or (c), conditions about the following matters may be prescribed or specified for the purposes of those paragraphs:

nuclear safety management systems;

nuclear safety incident reporting;

the expertise, training and supervision of authorised persons;

plans or arrangements about any of the following:

nuclear safety;

organisational structure, resourcing and culture relating to nuclear safety;

interaction with other regulated activities conducted in the same designated zone or in relation to the same Australian submarine by persons other than those authorised by the licence (for example, by persons authorised by another licence);

emergency preparedness and response;

prevention and minimisation of nuclear safety incidents;

prevention and minimisation of errors (whether human, mechanical, system or otherwise) and organisational failures;

protection of the environment;

investigation and reporting of breaches of licence conditions;

record‑keeping;

compliance with applicable standards and codes;

maintaining effective control over regulated activities;

security;

interaction with obligations imposed by other laws;

management of radioactive waste;

disposal or decommissioning of something relating to a regulated activity.