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Radiation Act 2005
18Offence to allow persons who do not hold a use licence to use a radiation source
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18 Offence to allow persons who do not hold a use licence to use a radiation source
(1) A management licence holder must not direct, request or knowingly allow a person who the management licence holder knows is not a use licence holder, or is a use licence holder whose licence is suspended, to use a radiation source in the management licence holder's possession.
(2) An offence under subsection (1) is an indictable offence.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person who uses a radiation source in the management licence holder's possession—
(a) is exempted under section 16 from holding a use licence in respect of that use; and
(b) uses that source in accordance with that exemption.