Radiation Protection Act 2005
17Issue of certificate of compliance
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17 Issue of certificate of compliance
(1) The holder of a certificate of accreditation or a person authorised by a licence to manufacture or sell a radiation source is to be satisfied of the following matters before issuing a certificate of compliance for a radiation source used, or to be used, to carry out a radiation practice:
(a) in the case of a sealed source, that –
(i) the capsule sealing the source, or the way in which the solid-form source is bound, complies with all applicable codes of practice and any prescribed specifications; and
(ii) any container or equipment which allows the source to be used also complies with all applicable codes of practice and any prescribed specifications;
(b) in the case of a radiation apparatus, that the apparatus complies with all applicable codes of practice and any prescribed specifications.
(2) The holder of a certificate of accreditation is to be satisfied that a radiation place complies with all applicable codes of practice and any prescribed specifications before issuing a certificate of compliance for that place.
(3) A certificate of compliance is to be in an approved form.