sec.12Requirement for possession licence

### sec.12 Requirement for possession licence A person must not possess a radiation source, unless the person is allowed to possess it under a possession licence. Maximum penalty— for a radiation source that is not a security enhanced source—1,000 penalty units; or for a security enhanced source—2,500 penalty units. Part 7 states the requirements to be complied with to obtain a possession licence and other types of licences. For subsection (1) , a person is not in possession of a radiation source merely because the person is being allowed by a possession licensee for the source— to carry out a radiation practice, to which the licence relates, with the source in compliance with the licensee’s approved radiation safety and protection plan for the practice; or if the source is a radioactive substance—to transport the substance. Also, for subsection (1) , a person is not in possession of a radiation source merely because the person, or an animal kept by the person, has been injected with a radioactive substance, or a radioactive substance has been administered to or implanted in the person or animal, as part of a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure. s 12 amd 2010 No. 8 s 8 (sec.12-ssec.1) A person must not possess a radiation source, unless the person is allowed to possess it under a possession licence. Maximum penalty— for a radiation source that is not a security enhanced source—1,000 penalty units; or for a security enhanced source—2,500 penalty units. Part 7 states the requirements to be complied with to obtain a possession licence and other types of licences. (sec.12-ssec.2) For subsection (1) , a person is not in possession of a radiation source merely because the person is being allowed by a possession licensee for the source— to carry out a radiation practice, to which the licence relates, with the source in compliance with the licensee’s approved radiation safety and protection plan for the practice; or if the source is a radioactive substance—to transport the substance. (sec.12-ssec.3) Also, for subsection (1) , a person is not in possession of a radiation source merely because the person, or an animal kept by the person, has been injected with a radioactive substance, or a radioactive substance has been administered to or implanted in the person or animal, as part of a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure. - (a) for a radiation source that is not a security enhanced source—1,000 penalty units; or - (b) for a security enhanced source—2,500 penalty units. - (a) to carry out a radiation practice, to which the licence relates, with the source in compliance with the licensee’s approved radiation safety and protection plan for the practice; or - (b) if the source is a radioactive substance—to transport the substance.