96What is authorised?

96 What is authorised?

(1) An authorisation may authorise an authorised officer to—

(a) direct a person or group of people to enter, not to enter or to leave any particular place; and

(b) subject to subsection (3), detain a person (whether alone or with others); and

(c) direct a person to submit to decontamination procedures carried out by a person specified by the authorised officer; and

(d) direct the owner or occupier of a place to decontaminate the place; and

(e) enter a place and exercise any or all of the powers the authorised officer has under section 77(1) or 78(1) at that place;

(f) dispose of, or destroy, any radiation source that caused the radiation incident or any other thing seized that has been contaminated by radiation as a result of the radiation event; and

(g) give any direction to a person that is reasonable or necessary to protect the health or safety of another person or the safety of the environment.

(2) An authorised officer must facilitate any reasonable request for communication made by a person subject to detention under subsection (1)(b).

(3) An authorised officer may only detain a person—

(a) to cause tests to be conducted on the person to determine whether, by reason of the radiation event, the person has been contaminated and poses a serious risk to the health or safety of another person or the safety of the environment; and

(b) if the person is contaminated such that they pose a serious risk to the health or safety of another person or the safety of the environment, to prevent the person contaminating other persons or the environment.

(4) In doing any thing referred to in subsection (1), an authorised officer may be assisted by any person.

(5) A person must not refuse or fail to comply with a direction under subsection (1)(a), (c), (d) or (g) unless the person has a reasonable excuse.