Minister to be given certain notices in respect of exempt nuclear material
27 Minister to be given certain notices in respect of exempt nuclear material
A person shall, before:
processing or storing exempt nuclear material together with nuclear material to which Part II applies; or
returning exempt nuclear material to use in nuclear activities;
give notice in writing to the Minister of the proposed processing, storage or return to use in nuclear activities, as the case may be.
Where:
a person:
processes or stores exempt nuclear material together with nuclear material to which Part II applies; or
returns exempt nuclear material to use in nuclear activities; and
the person has not given the Minister notice, in accordance with subsection (1), of the proposed processing, storage or return to use in nuclear activities, as the case may be;
the person commits an offence against this section punishable, upon conviction, by imprisonment for not more than 2 years.
In this section, exempt nuclear material means nuclear material that is, by virtue of a declaration under subsection 11(1), nuclear material to which Part II does not apply.
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