New South Wales regulation

Protection from Harmful Radiation Regulation 2025

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Jurisdiction

New South Wales

Act Number

461 of 2025

Collection

regulation

Plain English Summary

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Protection from Harmful Radiation Regulation 2025 (NSW)

What is this? This is a NSW regulation (a detailed set of rules made under a broader Act of Parliament) dealing with protection from harmful radiation. It sits under the Protection from Harmful Radiation Act and sets out specific rules about how radiation — such as that from X-ray machines, lasers, or other radiation-emitting devices — must be managed to keep people safe.

⚠️ Important limitation: The document provided is almost entirely website navigation and metadata — the actual substantive content of the regulation (the specific rules, obligations, and penalties) has not been included in what was supplied for analysis. What we can determine comes from the title, status information, and structural clues.

What we do know:

This is a NSW (New South Wales) regulation that commenced on 29 August 2025, with an updated version from 1 December 2025
It is scheduled to be automatically repealed (cancelled) on 1 September 2030 under the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989 — a standard NSW 'sunset clause' (a built-in expiry date to ensure regulations are periodically reviewed)
Not all provisions have yet commenced — meaning some rules are still 'switched off' and will activate at a later date

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