Radiation Protection Act 2006
63Failure to notify chief health officer of dangerous event
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63 Failure to notify chief health officer of dangerous event (a) the person possesses a radiation source; and (b) a dangerous event happens in relation to the radiation source; and (c) the person knows the dangerous event happened; and (d) the person fails to tell the chief health officer immediately about the dangerous event. Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units.
(a) the person possesses a radiation source; and (b) a dangerous event happens in relation to the radiation source; and (c) the person fails to give the chief health officer the information the chief health officer reasonably requires about the dangerous event. Examples for par (c) 1 the location of the dangerous event 2 the radiation source involved in the dangerous event dangerous event means an event prescribed by regulation to be a dangerous event.