63Appointment of radiation safety officers and committees—the Act, s 40(2) and (3)(e) and (f)

63 Appointment of radiation safety officers and committees—the Act, s 40(2) and (3)(e) and (f)

63 Appointment of radiation safety officers and committees—the Act, s 40(2) and (3)(e) and (f)

(1) The Authority may, by written notice served on an employer—

(a) direct the employer to appoint a radiation safety officer or a radiation safety committee, or both, for a workplace, and

(b) direct what functions must be exercised by a radiation safety officer or radiation safety committee, and

(c) for a direction to appoint a radiation safety officer—specify the qualifications a person must hold to be appointed.

(2) An employer must not—

(a) fail to appoint a radiation safety officer or a radiation safety committee in accordance with a direction, and

(b) allow the functions of the radiation safety officer or radiation safety committee to be exercised otherwise than by the officer or the committee, as the case requires.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual—125 penalty units, or

(b) otherwise—250 penalty units.