17Exemption for students and persons undertaking approved courses

17 Exemption for students and persons undertaking approved courses

17 Exemption for students and persons undertaking approved courses

(1) This section applies to a person—

(a) undertaking—

(i) course work or research involving the use of regulated material as—

(A) an undergraduate student in a university, or

(B) a student of an NVR registered training organisation within the meaning of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 of the Commonwealth, or

(C) a postgraduate student in a university, or

(ii) a course approved by the Authority under section 30 as a course required for this exemption, and

(b) who is not otherwise exempt from the requirement to hold a radiation user licence under the Act, section 7 for the use of the regulated material under this division.

(2) The person is exempt from the requirement to hold a radiation user licence under the Act, section 7 for the use of regulated material when undertaking the course work, research or course if the person, when using the material, is subject to the following supervision—

(a) for a student referred to in subsection (1)(a)(i)(A) or (B)—immediate supervision,

(b) for a student referred to in subsection (1)(a)(i)(C) who begins the course work or research on or after the commencement of this section—

(i) for the first 3 months of the course work or research—immediate supervision, or

(ii) otherwise—general supervision,

(c) for a student referred to in subsection (1)(a)(i)(C) who began the course work or research before the commencement of this section—general supervision,

(d) for a student referred to in subsection (1)(a)(ii)—immediate supervision.