Commonwealth legislation

Environment Protection (Nuclear Codes) Regulations

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Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

346 of 1981

Collection

legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

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These regulations set 74,000 becquerels per kilogram as the radioactivity threshold for classifying a material as a "prescribed substance" under the Environment Protection (Nuclear Codes) Act 1978, bringing it into the Act’s safety, handling and compliance regime. The threshold excludes uranium, thorium and transuranic elements and mainly affects users of medical isotopes, industrial gauges and contaminated soils outside the nuclear fuel cycle.

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Environment Protection (Nuclear Codes) Regulations

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Statutory Rules 1981 No. 3461

Environment Protection (Nuclear Codes) Regulations

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Environment Protection (Nuclear Codes) Act 1978.

Dated 26 November 1981.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

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Minister of State for Home Affairs and Environment

Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Environment Protection (Nuclear Codes) Regulations.

Interpretation

In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Environment Protection (Nuclear Codes) Act 1978.

Radioactive substances

For the purposes of the definition of “prescribed substance” in section 4 of the Act, a substance the radioactivity of which exceeds 74,000 becquerels per kilogram of the substance, being a substance other than uranium, thorium, or an element having an atomic number greater than 92, is declared to be a radioactive substance.

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 3 December 1981.

Printed by Authority by the Commonwealth Government Printer

S.R. No. 332/81 Cat. No. —Recommended retail price 20c 13/16.10.1981

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

1 Environment Protection (Nuclear Codes) Regulations

Statutory Rules 1981 No. 3461

Environment Protection (Nuclear Codes) Regulations

Dated 26 November 1981.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Home Affairs and Environment

Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Environment Protection (Nuclear Codes) Regulations.

Interpretation

In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Environment Protection (Nuclear Codes) Act 1978.

Radioactive substances

For the purposes of the definition of “prescribed substance” in section 4 of the Act, a substance the radioactivity of which exceeds 74,000 becquerels per kilogram of the substance, being a substance other than uranium, thorium, or an element having an atomic number greater than 92, is declared to be a radioactive substance.

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 3 December 1981.

Printed by Authority by the Commonwealth Government Printer

S.R. No. 332/81 Cat. No. —Recommended retail price 20c 13/16.10.1981