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Radiation Safety Act 1999
sec.156Functions of State radiation analysts
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### sec.156 Functions of State radiation analysts
A State radiation analyst has the following functions—
certifying the concentration or activity of a radionuclide in radioactive material;
certifying that radioactive material is a radioactive substance;
certifying that an apparatus is a radiation apparatus;
certifying the results of analyses, measurements or tests conducted by or on behalf of the State radiation analyst—
to decide the type, concentration or activity of a radionuclide present in a thing or a sample of, or from, a thing; or
to decide the type, and energy spectrum, of the radiation being emitted, and the rate at which the radiation is being emitted, from a radiation apparatus or radioactive material.
- (a) certifying the concentration or activity of a radionuclide in radioactive material;
- (b) certifying that radioactive material is a radioactive substance;
- (c) certifying that an apparatus is a radiation apparatus;
- (d) certifying the results of analyses, measurements or tests conducted by or on behalf of the State radiation analyst— (i) to decide the type, concentration or activity of a radionuclide present in a thing or a sample of, or from, a thing; or (ii) to decide the type, and energy spectrum, of the radiation being emitted, and the rate at which the radiation is being emitted, from a radiation apparatus or radioactive material.
- (i) to decide the type, concentration or activity of a radionuclide present in a thing or a sample of, or from, a thing; or
- (ii) to decide the type, and energy spectrum, of the radiation being emitted, and the rate at which the radiation is being emitted, from a radiation apparatus or radioactive material.
- (i) to decide the type, concentration or activity of a radionuclide present in a thing or a sample of, or from, a thing; or
- (ii) to decide the type, and energy spectrum, of the radiation being emitted, and the rate at which the radiation is being emitted, from a radiation apparatus or radioactive material.