45Exemption for radioactive mineral samples

45 Exemption for radioactive mineral samples

(1)  In this regulation –

radioactive mineral sample means a sample of radioactive minerals that –

(a) does not cause an ambient dose equivalent rate or a directional dose equivalent rate of more than 5 microsieverts in any one hour at 10 centimetres from the surface of the sample; and

(b) is used as a sample in teaching or as a geological specimen.

(2)  The use, acquisition, possession, storage and disposal of a radioactive mineral sample are dealings that are exempt from the operation of section 13(1) of the Act.

(3)  A radioactive mineral sample is exempt from the operation of section 14 of the Act and regulation 31 .