Radiation Protection and Control Act 2021

A person must not carry out developmental testing operations involving or in relation to mining or mineral processing where a prescribed radioactive material is present unless the operations are authorised by a radiation management licence granted by the Minister under this Act. Maximum penalty: Maximum penalty:

in the case of a body corporate—$500 000;

in the case of a natural person—$100 000 or imprisonment for 10 years.

For the purposes of subsection (1) (and without limiting that subsection), operations, in relation to mining or mineral processing, include—

establishing, operating or decommissioning any developmental testing facilities; and

operations for the rehabilitation of land on account of the impact of any operations associated with developmental testing; and

any other operations included in the ambit of this section by the regulations.

Subsection (1) does not apply to operations of a prescribed class.

The Minister may, before determining an application for a radiation management licence authorising operations of a kind referred to in subsection (1), refer the application to the Committee for its advice and give due consideration to the advice of the Committee.

A radiation management licence authorising operations of a kind referred to in subsection (1) must specify the operations to which it applies and the places at which those operations may be carried out.

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