Radiation Safety Act 1999

A person must not acquire a radiation source, unless the person is a possession licensee for the source and the holder of an approval to acquire the source.

for a radiation source that is not a security enhanced source—400 penalty units; or

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

For subsection (1), a person does not acquire a radiation source merely because a possession licensee, under the licence, possesses the source for a radiation practice and the person is being allowed by the licensee—

to carry out the practice 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 does not acquire 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.