3Interpretation

3 Interpretation

In these regulations –

Act means the Radiation Protection Act 2005 ;

air cushion vehicle means a vehicle that is designed to be supported when in motion wholly or partly by air expelled from the vehicle to form a cushion of which the boundaries include the water or other surface beneath the vehicle;

ambient dose equivalent has the same meaning as in the document entitled "Quantities and Units in Radiation Protection Dosimetry" published by the International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements as ICRU Report 51 in 1993;

ambient dose equivalent rate means the ambient dose equivalent measured in joules of energy per kilogram per hour;

approved disposal site means an area of land or place approved, for the disposal of radioactive materials, by both –

(a) the Director, Environment Protection Authority appointed under section 18 of the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994 ; and

(b) the relevant local government authority;

approved radiation safety officer means a person specified as the radiation safety officer in an approved radiation management plan;

ARPANSA means that part of the Commonwealth department responsible for the administration of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998 of the Commonwealth that is known as ARPANSA or the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency;

AS means a standard published by Standards Australia as amended or substituted from time to time;

AS/NZS means a standard published jointly by Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand as amended or substituted from time to time;