29Radiation Advisory Council

29 Radiation Advisory Council

29 Radiation Advisory Council

(1) There is constituted by this Act a Radiation Advisory Council.

(2) The Council must comprise at least 12 members appointed by the CEO of the Authority, including—

(a) a member of staff of the Authority who will be the Chairperson of the Council, and

(b) a person nominated by the Secretary of the Ministry of Health, and

(c) persons who collectively have, in the opinion of the CEO of the Authority, experience, expertise, knowledge or qualifications in the following areas—

(i) health or medical physics,

(ii) nuclear medicine,

(iii) radiation oncology,

(iv) radiology,

(v) one or more of the additional areas of expertise.

(3) Schedule 1 has effect with respect to the members and procedure of the Council.

(4) In this section—

additional areas of expertise means the following areas—

(a) industrial or scientific use of radiation,

(b) mining of radioactive ores or naturally occurring radioactive material,

(c) work health and safety and the application of, or compliance with, the work health and safety regulatory framework,

(d) non-ionising radiation,

(e) environmental science,

(f) emergency management and emergency services operational capabilities.

s 29: Am 1990 No 108, Sch 1; 1991 No 60, Sch 3; 1993 No 87, Sch 5; 2002 No 52, Sch 1 [29]–[31]; 2007 No 27, Sch 3.8; 2010 No 91, Sch 1 [15] [16]; 2011 No 63, Sch 3.6 [3]; 2011 No 67, Sch 4.23 [1]; 2013 No 47, Sch 1.23 [3]; 2014 No 33, Sch 1.13 [7]; 2015 No 19, Sch 15.16; 2022 No 3, Sch 7[10]; 2023 No 30, Sch 1[25] [26].