S. 3(1) def. of activity ratio inserted by No. 59/2013 s. 4(1).
activity ratio, for a sealed source, means the ratio determined in accordance with section 3A;
S. 3(1) def. of approved assessor inserted by No. 59/2013 s. 4(1).
approved assessor means a person who holds an assessor's approval;
S. 3(1) def. of approved security plan inserted by No. 59/2013 s. 4(1).
approved security plan means a security plan for which an approved assessor has issued a security compliance certificate under section 67K;
approved tester means a person who holds a tester's approval;
S. 3(1) def. of approved transport securityplan inserted by No. 59/2013 s. 4(1).
approved transport securityplan means a transport security plan for which an approved assessor has issued a security compliance certificate under section 67K;
S. 3(1) def. of assessor's approval inserted by No. 59/2013 s. 4(1).
assessor's approval means an approval issued under Part 5A;
authorised officer means a person appointed under section 69;
authority means—
(a) a facility construction licence;
(b) a management licence;
(c) a use licence;
(d) a tester's approval;
authority holder means a licence holder or approved tester;
S. 3(1) def. of category 1 group of sealed sources inserted by No. 59/2013 s. 4(1).
category 1 group of sealed sources means 2 or more sealed sources that when kept at the same place and secured in the same way at that place, or when transported in the same vehicle, have an aggregate activity ratio of greater than or equal to 1000;
S. 3(1) def. of category 1 sealed source inserted by No. 59/2013 s. 4(1).
category 1 sealed source means a sealed source that has an activity ratio of greater than or equal to 1000;
S. 3(1) def. of inserted by No. 59/2013 s. 4(1).
category 2 group of sealed sources
category 2 group of sealed sources means 2 or more sealed sources that when kept at the same place and secured in the same way at that place, or when transported in the same vehicle, have an aggregate activity ratio of less than 1000 but greater than or equal to 10;
S. 3(1) def. of category 2 sealed source inserted by No. 59/2013 s. 4(1).
category 2 sealed source means a sealed source that has an activity ratio of less than 1000 but greater than or equal to 10;
S. 3(1) def. of category 3 group of sealed sources inserted by No. 59/2013 s. 4(1).
category 3 group of sealed sources means 2 or more sealed sources that when kept at the same place and secured in the same way at that place, or when transported in the same vehicle, have an aggregate activity ratio of less than 10 but greater than or equal to 1;
S. 3(1) def. of category 3 sealed source inserted by No. 59/2013 s. 4(1).
category 3 sealed source means a sealed source that has an activity ratio of less than 10 but greater than or equal to 1;
certificate of compliance means a certificate issued under section 33(1);
certificate of examination and analysis means a certificate completed in accordance with section 88 or 89;
clean up includes any measures—
(a) to remove, destroy or otherwise dispose of any radiation source; and
(b) to restore a place to a state as close as practicable to the state it was in immediately before the emission of radiation from a radiation source; and
(c) to assess the nature and extent of the damage and risk caused by any emission of radiation from a radiation source; and
(d) to take any measurement, recording or sample or to prepare any report, plan, drawing or other document, or to make any inspection, calculation, test or analysis relating to the emission of radiation from a radiation source; and
(e) to retain any consultant, contractor, expert, agency or person for the purpose of taking any clean up measures referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d); and
(f) to determine the most appropriate action to take in relation to the measures set out in paragraphs (a) to (e);
Committee means the Radiation Advisory Committee established under section 103;
S. 3(1) def. of Department amended by No. 29/2010 s. 67(a).
Department means the Department of Health;
S. 3(1) def. of enforceable undertaking inserted by No. 39/2024 s. 106.
enforceable undertaking means an undertaking given by a person under section 90D;
S. 3(1) def. of enforceable undertaking order
inserted by No. 39/2024 s. 106.
enforceable undertaking order means an order made by the Magistrates' Court under section 90I;
S. 3(1) def. of facility construction licence amended by No. 59/2013 s. 4(2).
facility construction licence means a licence issued under Part 6 allowing the licence holder to construct a radiation facility or to change the use of land or an existing building to that of a radiation facility;
facility construction licence holder means a person who holds a facility construction licence;
S. 3(1) def. of high consequence group of sealed sources inserted by No. 59/2013 s. 4(1).
high consequence group of sealed sources means a category 1 group of sealed sources, a category 2 group of sealed sources or a category 3 group of sealed sources;
S. 3(1) def. of high consequence sealed source inserted by No. 59/2013 s. 4(1).
high consequence sealed source means a category 1 sealed source, a category 2 sealed source or a category 3 sealed source;
S. 3(1) def. of identification document inserted by No. 59/2013 s. 4(1).
identification document, in relation to a person, means a document that—
(a) shows the identity of a person; and
(b) is prescribed;
S. 3(1) def. of information or document production notice
inserted by No. 39/2024 s. 106.
information or document production notice means a notice given under section 90K;
ionising radiation means electromagnetic or particulate radiation capable of producing ions directly or indirectly but does not include electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength of greater than 100 nanometres;
ionising radiation apparatus means an apparatus that produces ionising radiation when energised but does not include—
(a) a sealed source apparatus; or
(b) an apparatus that is—
(i) prescribed by the regulations not to be an ionising radiation apparatus; or
(ii) declared not to be an ionising radiation apparatus under section 4;
licence means a facility construction licence, a management licence or a use licence;
licence holder means a facility construction licence holder, a management licence holder or a use licence holder;
management licence means a licence issued under Part 6 allowing the licence holder to conduct the radiation practice specified in that licence;
management licence holder means a person who holds a management licence;
National Directory for Radiation Protection or NDRP means the National Directory for Radiation Protection—
(a) published from time to time by the Chief Executive Officer within the meaning of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998 of the Commonwealth; and
(b) as amended from time to time—
and includes any matter contained in any document, code, standard, guideline, rule, specification or method formulated, issued, prescribed or published by any person, authority or body that is applied, adopted or incorporated by the National Directory for Radiation Protection whether that document, code, standard, guideline, rule, specification or method is formulated, issued, prescribed or published—
(c) at the time the National Directory for Radiation Protection is published or at any time before then; or
(d) from time to time;
non-ionising radiation means electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength of greater than 100 nanometres;
non-ionising radiation apparatus means an apparatus that—
(a) produces non-ionising radiation when energised; and
(b) is prescribed by the regulations to be a non-ionising radiation apparatus;
place includes a public place, residential premises, a building or a part of a building or a vehicle;
S. 3(1) def. of police officer inserted by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 140.1).
police officer has the same meaning as in the Victoria Police Act 2013;
public place means a place, or part of a place, that the public is entitled to use, that is open to members of the public or that is used by the public, whether or not on payment of money;
Examples
Examples of public places include—
(a) streets, roads, footpaths and passages (whether or not on private property);
(b) forecourts of public and commercial buildings;
(c) carparks;
(d) parks, gardens and recreation reserves;
radiation analyst means a person appointed under section 112;
radiation apparatus means an ionising radiation apparatus or non-ionising radiation apparatus;
radiation facility means a facility that is prescribed by the regulations to be a radiation facility but does not include—
(a) a mill or facility of the kind described in section 8 of the Nuclear Activities (Prohibitions) Act 1983; or
(b) a nuclear reactor or nuclear power reactor within the meaning of the Nuclear Activities (Prohibitions) Act 1983—
the construction or operation of which is prohibited by section 8 of that Act;
S. 3(1) def. of radiation practice amended by Nos 29/2006 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 33.1), 24/2010 s. 4.
radiation practice means any of the following activities—
(a) possessing a radiation source;
(b) selling a radiation source;
(c) transporting radioactive material;
(d) repairing a radiation source;
(e) maintaining a radiation source;
(ea) managing or controlling the use of a radiation source;
(f) testing a radiation source where that testing does not involve using a radiation source;
(g) mining radioactive material;
(h) processing radioactive material;
(i) disposing of a radiation source;
(j) decommissioning a radiation facility;
(k) procuring or arranging research involving the irradiation of persons;
(l) any activity (not referred to in paragraphs (a) to (k)) conducted in relation to a radiation source that may result in exposing a person or the environment to radiation—
but does not include—
(m) an activity referred to in paragraphs (a) to (l) that is prescribed by the regulations not to be a radiation practice; or
(n) using a radiation source;
A person who carries out an activity referred to in paragraphs (b) to (l) during the course of his or her employment is not to be taken to be conducting a radiation practice: see subsection (2).
Radiation Protection Principle means the principle set out in section 7;
radiation source means—
(a) radioactive material;
(b) a radiation apparatus;
(c) a sealed source apparatus;
radioactive material means—
(a) any material that spontaneously emits ionising radiation that—
(i) has an activity concentration equal to, or greater than, the amount prescribed by the regulations; and
(ii) consists of, or contains, an activity equal to, or greater than, the amount prescribed by the regulations; or
(b) any material that spontaneously emits ionising radiation that—
(i) has an activity concentration, or consists of, or contains, an activity, less than the amount prescribed by the regulations; and
(ii) occurs in prescribed circumstances—
but does not include—
(c) raw material with unmodified concentrations of radionuclides unless that material is prescribed by the regulations to be radioactive material;
(d) material that is—
(i) prescribed by the regulations not to be radioactive material; or
(ii) declared not to be radioactive material under section 4;
register means the register established and maintained under section 138;
sealed source means radioactive material that is—
(a) permanently sealed in a capsule; or
(b) closely bound and in solid form;
sealed source apparatus means an apparatus that produces ionising radiation because it contains a sealed source but does not include an apparatus that is—
(a) prescribed by the regulations not to be a sealed source apparatus; or
(b) declared not to be a sealed source apparatus under section 4;
S. 3(1) def. of Secretary substituted by No. 29/2010 s. 67(b).
Secretary means the Department Head (within the meaning of the Public Administration Act 2004) of the Department;
S. 3(1) def. of security compliance certificate inserted by No. 59/2013 s. 4(1).
security compliance certificate means a certificate issued under section 67K;
S. 3(1) def. of security plan inserted by No. 59/2013 s. 4(1).
security plan means a plan prepared in accordance with Division 1 of Part 6A;
S. 3(1) def. of security standard inserted by No. 59/2013 s. 4(1).
security standard means a standard specified under section 67N;
S. 3(1) def. of tanning unit inserted by No. 59/2013 s. 4(1).
tanning unit means an electrically powered radiation apparatus designed to produce tanning of the human skin by utilising ultraviolet radiation;
tester's approval means an approval issued under Part 6;
S. 3(1) def. of transport security plan inserted by No. 59/2013 s. 4(1).
transport security plan means a plan prepared in accordance with Division 2 of Part 6A;
Tribunal means Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal established by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998;
use, in relation to a radiation source, means actual use by a natural person of a radiation source and includes—
(a) the use of radiation emitted from a radiation source;
(b) the injection, or implanting, of radioactive material into a person or animal;
use licence means a licence issued under Part 6 allowing the licence holder to use a radiation source;
S. 3(1) def. of use licence holder amended by No. 59/2013 s. 4(3).
use licence holder means a person who holds a use licence;
S. 3(1) def. of vehicle inserted by No. 59/2013 s. 4(1).
vehicle has the same meaning as in the Road Safety Act 1986.
S. 3(2) amended by No. 29/2006 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 33.2).
(2) For the purposes of this Act, a person who carries out an activity referred to in paragraphs (b) to (l) of the definition of radiation practice during the course of his or her employment is not to be taken to be conducting a radiation practice.