33HProhibition notices

33H Prohibition notices (a) a licensee or registered owner of a regulated radiation source has failed to comply with an improvement notice within the compliance period in relation to the notice; or

(b) an authorised person believes on reasonable grounds that— (i) a licensee or a registered owner of a regulated radiation source— (A) is contravening a safety duty; or (B) has contravened a safety duty, and the contravention is likely to continue or repeat; and (ii) the contravention poses a serious or immediate risk to— (A) the health or safety of people; or (B) property; or (C) the environment. (2) The authorised person may prohibit, by oral or written notice (a prohibition notice), the licensee or registered owner doing any of the following: (a) dealing with a stated regulated radiation source or stated kind of regulated radiation source; (b) for a registered owner of a regulated radiation source—allowing another person to deal with the regulated radiation source; (c) anything else in relation to a regulated radiation source. (3) If the prohibition notice is given orally, the authorised person must— (a) make a written record of the notice as soon as practicable, but not later than 1 business day after the day the notice is given; and (b) give a copy of the written record to the licensee or registered owner as soon as practicable.