Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998
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In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
annual charge means charge imposed by the Licence Charges Act.
CEO or Chief Executive Officer means the CEO referred to in section 14.
Commonwealth contractor means a person (other than a Commonwealth entity) who is a party to a contract with a Commonwealth entity.
Note: Section 11 limits the circumstances in which the provisions of this Act apply to Commonwealth contractors.
Commonwealth entity means any of the following:
(a) the Commonwealth;
(b) a body corporate established for a public purpose by or under an Act;
(c) a company in which a controlling interest is held by any one of the following persons, or by 2 or more of the following persons together:
(i) the Commonwealth;
(ii) a body covered by paragraph (b);
(d) an employee of a person or body covered by any of the above paragraphs.
controlled apparatus means any of the following:
(a) an apparatus that produces ionizing radiation when energised or that would, if assembled or repaired, be capable of producing ionizing radiation when energised;
(b) an apparatus that produces ionizing radiation because it contains radioactive material;
(c) an apparatus prescribed by the regulations that produces harmful non‑ionizing radiation when energised.
controlled facility means:
(a) a nuclear installation; or
(b) a prescribed radiation facility; or
(c) a prescribed legacy site.
controlled material means any natural or artificial material, whether in solid or liquid form, or in the form of a gas or vapour, which emits ionizing radiation spontaneously.
controlled person means any of the following:
(a) a Commonwealth entity;
(b) a Commonwealth contractor;
(c) a person in the capacity of an employee of a Commonwealth contractor;
(d) a person in a prescribed Commonwealth place.
Council means the Radiation Health and Safety Advisory Council established by section 19.
CSC (short for Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation) has the same meaning as in the Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Act 2011.