Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges) Regulations 2018
8Facility licences for prescribed radiation facilities
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8 Facility licences for prescribed radiation facilities
(1) The charge for a financial year for a facility licence authorising: (a) an act mentioned in paragraph 30(1)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) of the ARPANS Act relating to a prescribed radiation facility described in an item of the table in subsection (2); or (b) an act described in an item of the table in subsection (3); is the amount set out in that item. However, the charge is the amount set out in the item of the table in subsection (3) if the act to be authorised by the licence is described in both paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection. Charge for prescribed radiation facilities (except ones formerly used for weapons tests or radioactive ores) (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), the table is as follows:
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Annual charges for prescribed radiation facilities not formerly used for weapons tests or radioactive ores</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:4.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:76.14%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Kind of prescribed radiation facility</span></p></td><td style="width:19.28%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading" style="text-align:right"><span>Amount ($)</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:4.58%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:76.14%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Particle accelerator that:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) has, or is capable of having, a beam energy greater than 1 MeV; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) can produce neutrons</span></p></td><td style="width:19.28%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="text-align:right"><span>24,387</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:4.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:76.14%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Irradiator containing more than 10</span><span style="font-size:6.67pt; vertical-align:super">15</span><span> Bq of a controlled material</span></p></td><td style="width:19.28%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="text-align:right"><span>24,387</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:4.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:76.14%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Irradiator:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) containing more than 10</span><span style="font-size:6.67pt; vertical-align:super">13</span><span> Bq of a controlled material; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) either:</span></p><p class="Tablei"><span>(i) not including shielding as an integral part of its construction; or</span></p><p class="Tablei"><span>(ii) including as an integral part of its construction shielding that does not prevent a person from being exposed to the source or does not shield a source during the operation of the irradiator</span></p></td><td style="width:19.28%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="text-align:right"><span>24,387</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:4.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:76.14%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Facility for the production, processing, use, storage, management or disposal of:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) unsealed sources for which the result of the activity value division steps is greater than 10</span><span style="font-size:6.67pt; vertical-align:super">6</span><span>; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) sealed sources for which the result of the activity value division steps is greater than 10</span><span style="font-size:6.67pt; vertical-align:super">9</span></p></td><td style="width:19.28%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="text-align:right"><span>73,161</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>