Div 4Prohibited activities

Division 4—Prohibited activities 28—Operations for enrichment or conversion of uranium (1) A person must not carry on an operation for the conversion or enrichment of uranium. (a) in the case of a body corporate—$1 000 000; (b) in the case of a natural person—$200 000 or imprisonment for 20 years. (2) In this section— conversion of uranium means the conversion of uranium oxides to uranium hexafluoride; enrichment of uranium means alteration of the isotopic composition of uranium. 29—Abandonment of radiation sources (1) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, abandon a radiation source. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply— (b) to or in relation to a person or thing of a prescribed class. (3) Bankruptcy or the liquidation of a company is not a reasonable excuse for a person to abandon a radiation source.