Radiation Protection Act 2004
12Licence for radiation source
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12 Licence for radiation source (1) A person must not manufacture, sell, acquire, possess, use, store, transport, dispose of or otherwise deal with a radiation source other than in accordance with a licence authorising the person to do so. Maximum penalty: If the offender is a natural person – 1 000 penalty units. If the offender is a body corporate – 5 000 penalty units. (2) For subsection (1), a person is not in possession of radiation material merely because the person, or an animal kept by the person, has been injected with the material, or the material has been administered to or implanted in the person or animal, as part of a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure. Subdivision 2 Duties of licensees and other persons acting under licences