17Simplified outline of this Part

17 Simplified outline of this Part

There are nuclear safety duties that apply to people when they conduct regulated activities. Division 2 deals with these duties.

There are nuclear safety duties that apply to any person who conducts a regulated activity. These are duties to ensure nuclear safety, and to be authorised by a licence, when conducting those activities. Subdivision A of Division 2 deals with these duties.

Licence holders are subject to nuclear safety duties that apply just to them, such as the duty to establish, implement and maintain a nuclear safety management system, report nuclear safety incidents and comply with licence conditions. Subdivision B of Division 2 deals with the duties applying to licence holders.

People who are authorised by a licence to conduct a regulated activity are also subject to nuclear safety duties that apply just to them, such as the duty to implement and comply with the nuclear safety management system and comply with licence conditions. Subdivision C of Division 2 deals with the duties applying to authorised persons.

A person who breaches a nuclear safety duty may be subject to civil or criminal penalties for the breach. There are varying levels of civil and criminal penalties, depending on the duty involved and the person to whom the duty applies.