Radiation Safety Act 1975

Any power of entry, or of carrying out tests or inspections, or of obtaining or taking away things or samples, conferred on an authorised officer under this Act may be exercised by him either alone or together with any person he may require as a professional or expert adviser or interpreter or whose assistance he considers necessary in the performance of his duties under this Act.

A question, enquiry or requisition that is put or made on behalf of an authorised officer by a person acting as interpreter shall be deemed to have been put or made by the authorised officer, and the response thereto made to the interpreter shall be deemed to have been made to the authorised officer.

In relation to any thing which an authorised officer has reasonable grounds for believing to be a radioactive substance, irradiating apparatus or electronic product, an authorised officer may make, or direct the owner to make or cause to be made, any examination or test that he considers necessary in the interests of safety, and may give directions to facilitate the carrying out of any such examination or test.

In relation to any premises which an authorised officer has reasonable grounds for believing to be likely to be affected by the manufacture, storage or use of any radioactive substance, irradiating apparatus or electronic product, on those premises or elsewhere, an authorised officer may make any examination or test that he considers necessary in the interests of safety, and may give directions to facilitate the carrying out of any such examination or test.

In relation to any premises which are registered under this Act or in relation to which any application for registration is made an authorised officer may direct the owner to make or cause to be made any examination or test that the officer considers necessary in the interests of safety.