Additional obligation of persons carrying out radiation practices
44 Additional obligation of persons carrying out radiation practices
This section applies if a possession licensee, under the licence, possesses a radiation source for a radiation practice.
A person carrying out the practice with the source must take reasonable steps to ensure that neither of the following is adversely affected by exposure to radiation because of the way the person carries out the practice—
the health or safety of any person;
the environment.
Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.
Without limiting the ways in which a person carrying out the practice with the source may comply with subsection (2), a person carrying out the practice with the source is taken to comply with subsection (2) if, at the relevant time, the person is complying with the licensee’s approved radiation safety and protection plan for the practice.
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