1989 Ed.]
Radiation (Control of Radioactive Substances) Regulations
[CAP. 303
A 9
[Subsidiary]
(4) No person shall convey, or cause or permit to be conveyed, any radioactive substance on any vehicle unless there be conspicuously displayed at the front and rear thereof notices in English and Chinese indicating the presence of such substance.
(5) No person shall convey, or cause or permit to be conveyed, any radioactive substance in any vehicle or vessel except under the supervision of the owner, consignor or consignee of the substance or his representative authorized in that behalf.
(6) No person shall convey, or cause or permit to be conveyed, any passengers other than the crew of the vehicle or vessel and the owner, consignor or consignee or any representative thereof authorized in that behalf, in any vehicle or vessel which is conveying radioactive material; and no person shall cause or permit any member of the crew of such vehicle or vessel to be in the same compartment thereof as that in which the radioactive material is conveyed or otherwise nearer to such material than the distance specified in the Table to regulation 8(2).
(7) No person shall convey, or cause or permit to be conveyed, any goods classified in the Dangerous Goods (Classification) Regulations (Cap.295 sub. leg.) as being dangerous goods in the same vehicle or vessel as that in which any radioactive substance is conveyed unless such dangerous goods are themselves radioactive substances.
(8) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of —
(a) subregulation (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000; and
(b) subregulation (4), (5), (6) or (7) shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $2,000.
8. Storage
(1) No person shall store in any one place a greater number of containers containing any radioactive substance and bearing White or Yellow Labels, as referred to in regulation 6, than 40 or such lesser number of containers that the total number of radiation units indicated on such labels does not exceed 40 units:
Provided that the Authority may grant, subject to such conditions as it may think fit to impose, permission in writing for this number of containers or radiation units, as the case may be, to be exceeded in any particular case where the Authority is satisfied that adequate safety precautions exist.
(2) No person shall store, or cause or permit to be stored, any container containing any radioactive substance and bearing a Yellow Label, as referred to in regulation 6, nearer to any area which is used for living accommodation or as regularly occupied working space than the distance, measured in any direction, specified in the Table to this subregulation appropriate to the number of radiation units specified therefor.
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