sec.4Main object of Act and its achievement

### sec.4 Main object of Act and its achievement The main object of this Act is to protect persons and the environment from the harmful effects of particular sources of ionising radiation and harmful non-ionising radiation. The object is to be achieved mainly by— establishing a licensing regime to regulate— the possession and use of radiation sources; and the transportation of radioactive substances; and establishing a legislative framework to ensure radiation sources and the premises at which they are used, and the premises at which radioactive substances are stored, comply with radiation safety standards; and imposing restrictions on— the acquisition and relocation of radiation sources; and the disposal of radiation apparatus and radioactive material; and requiring a person who possesses a radiation source for a radiation practice to have an approved radiation safety and protection plan for the practice; and requiring a person who possesses a security enhanced source to have an approved security plan for the source; and requiring a person to have an approved transport security plan for the transport of a security enhanced source; and ensuring the health and safety of any person are, or the environment is, not adversely affected by the carrying out of radiation practices with radiation sources; and establishing a legislative framework within which compliance monitoring, and investigative and enforcement activities, may be undertaken; and establishing the Radiation Advisory Council. s 4 amd 2006 No. 46 s 249 ; 2010 No. 8 s 4 (sec.4-ssec.1) The main object of this Act is to protect persons and the environment from the harmful effects of particular sources of ionising radiation and harmful non-ionising radiation. (sec.4-ssec.2) The object is to be achieved mainly by— establishing a licensing regime to regulate— the possession and use of radiation sources; and the transportation of radioactive substances; and establishing a legislative framework to ensure radiation sources and the premises at which they are used, and the premises at which radioactive substances are stored, comply with radiation safety standards; and imposing restrictions on— the acquisition and relocation of radiation sources; and the disposal of radiation apparatus and radioactive material; and requiring a person who possesses a radiation source for a radiation practice to have an approved radiation safety and protection plan for the practice; and requiring a person who possesses a security enhanced source to have an approved security plan for the source; and requiring a person to have an approved transport security plan for the transport of a security enhanced source; and ensuring the health and safety of any person are, or the environment is, not adversely affected by the carrying out of radiation practices with radiation sources; and establishing a legislative framework within which compliance monitoring, and investigative and enforcement activities, may be undertaken; and establishing the Radiation Advisory Council. - (a) establishing a licensing regime to regulate— (i) the possession and use of radiation sources; and (ii) the transportation of radioactive substances; and - (i) the possession and use of radiation sources; and - (ii) the transportation of radioactive substances; and - (b) establishing a legislative framework to ensure radiation sources and the premises at which they are used, and the premises at which radioactive substances are stored, comply with radiation safety standards; and - (c) imposing restrictions on— (i) the acquisition and relocation of radiation sources; and (ii) the disposal of radiation apparatus and radioactive material; and - (i) the acquisition and relocation of radiation sources; and - (ii) the disposal of radiation apparatus and radioactive material; and - (d) requiring a person who possesses a radiation source for a radiation practice to have an approved radiation safety and protection plan for the practice; and - (e) requiring a person who possesses a security enhanced source to have an approved security plan for the source; and - (f) requiring a person to have an approved transport security plan for the transport of a security enhanced source; and - (g) ensuring the health and safety of any person are, or the environment is, not adversely affected by the carrying out of radiation practices with radiation sources; and - (h) establishing a legislative framework within which compliance monitoring, and investigative and enforcement activities, may be undertaken; and - (i) establishing the Radiation Advisory Council. - (i) the possession and use of radiation sources; and - (ii) the transportation of radioactive substances; and - (i) the acquisition and relocation of radiation sources; and - (ii) the disposal of radiation apparatus and radioactive material; and