Radiation Safety Act 1999

A person must not possess a radiation source, unless the person is allowed to possess it under a possession licence.

for a radiation source that is not a security enhanced source—1,000 penalty units; or

for a security enhanced source—2,500 penalty units.

For subsection (1), a person is not in possession of a radiation source merely because the person is being allowed by a possession licensee for the source—

to carry out a radiation practice, to which the licence relates, with the source in compliance with the licensee’s approved radiation safety and protection plan for the practice; or

if the source is a radioactive substance—to transport the substance.

Also, for subsection (1), a person is not in possession of a radiation source merely because the person, or an animal kept by the person, has been injected with a radioactive substance, or a radioactive substance has been administered to or implanted in the person or animal, as part of a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure.