21Decontamination and acquisition of premises

21 Decontamination and acquisition of premises

21 Decontamination and acquisition of premises

(1) The Authority may cause to be undertaken, or facilitate the undertaking of, the decontamination, or the removal and disposal, of premises contaminated by radioactivity.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Authority or the Health Administration Corporation constituted under the Health Administration Act 1982 is authorised to acquire premises contaminated by radioactivity.

(3) This section does not prevent the acquisition, by the Crown or by any authority of the State, of any premises contaminated by radioactivity.

(4) For the purposes of this section, premises are to be regarded as contaminated by radioactivity if the premises or a part of the premises have a level of radioactivity of or above the level prescribed for the purposes of this section.

s 21: Am 1991 No 60, Sch 3.