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38Exemptions for certain large quantities of radioactive material
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38 Exemptions for certain large quantities of radioactive material
(1) An amount of more than one tonne of radioactive material that contains less than one becquerel per gram of naturally occurring radioactive material is exempt from the operation of sections 13(1) , 14 and 38 of the Act and Parts 5 and 7 of these regulations.
(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1) , if the radioactive material forms part of a decay chain, the quantity of one becquerel per gram is to be measured in relation to the parent radionuclide.