Div 3Premises and radiation apparatus and sources requiring registration

Division 3—Premises and radiation apparatus and sources requiring registration 25—Premises in which unsealed radioactive materials are handled or kept (1) Premises in which an unsealed radioactive material is kept or handled must be registered by the Minister in the name of the occupier of the premises. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to premises or a substance of a prescribed class. (3) If premises in which an unsealed radioactive material is kept or handled are not registered as required by subsection (1), the occupier of the premises is guilty of an offence. (4) Subject to this section, a person must not keep or handle, or cause, suffer or permit another person to keep or handle, an unsealed radioactive material in premises that are not registered as required by subsection (1). (5) Subject to subsection (6), if premises are the subject of an application for registration, an unsealed radioactive material may be kept or handled in the premises pending determination of the application. (6) The Minister may, by notice given in the prescribed manner to the occupier of premises that are the subject of an application for registration, restrict or prohibit the keeping or handling of an unsealed radioactive material in the premises subject to such conditions as the Minister thinks fit. (7) A person must not keep or handle, or cause, suffer or permit another person to keep or handle, an unsealed radioactive material in premises in contravention of a notice under subsection (6). 26—Sealed radioactive sources (1) A sealed radioactive source must be registered by the Minister in the name of the owner of the source. (2) If a sealed radioactive source is not registered as required by subsection (1), the owner of the sealed radioactive source is guilty of an offence. (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a sealed radioactive source of a prescribed class. (4) Subject to this section, a person must not— (a) use or handle, or cause, suffer or permit another person to use or handle, a sealed radioactive source that is not registered as required by subsection (1); or (b) keep in storage, or cause, suffer or permit to be kept in storage, a sealed radioactive source that is not registered as required by subsection (1). (5) Subject to subsection (6), if a sealed radioactive source is the subject of an application for registration, the source may be used or handled, or kept in storage, pending determination of the application. (6) The Minister may, by notice given in the prescribed manner to the owner of a sealed radioactive source that is the subject of an application for registration, restrict or prohibit the use of the source subject to such conditions as the Minister thinks fit. (7) A person must not use, or cause, suffer or permit another person to use, a sealed radioactive source in contravention of a notice under subsection (6). 27—Radiation apparatus (1) The following types of radiation apparatus must be registered by the Minister in the name of the owner of the apparatus: (a) ionising radiation apparatus; (b) non‑ionising radiation apparatus of a prescribed class. (2) Subsection (1)(a) does not apply to apparatus of a prescribed class. (3) If radiation apparatus to which subsection (1) applies is not registered as required by that subsection, the owner of the radiation apparatus is guilty of an offence. (4) Subject to this section, a person must not use, or cause, suffer or permit another person to use, radiation apparatus that is not registered as required by subsection (1). (5) Subject to subsection (6), if radiation apparatus is the subject of an application for registration, the apparatus may be used pending determination of the application. (6) The Minister may, by notice given in the prescribed manner to the owner of radiation apparatus that is the subject of an application for registration, restrict or prohibit the use of the apparatus subject to such conditions as the Minister thinks fit. (7) A person must not use, or cause, suffer or permit another person to use, radiation apparatus in contravention of a notice under subsection (6).