1982 Ed.]

Radiation

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(l) the maximum working hours of persons employed in the mining, manufacture, production, treatment, storage or use of radioactive substances or the use of irradiating apparatus, regulating the employment of those persons, the minimum holidays to be taken by those persons, and the medical examination of those persons;

(m) the issue by medical practitioners of prescriptions containing any radioactive substance;

(n) the dispensing and compounding of any prescription containing any radioactive substance;

(o) the making of returns by owners and persons in possession of radioactive substances of the quantities and classes of radioactive substances held by them;

(p) the keeping by purchasers of radioactive substances of records specifying the purposes to which those substances are put, and the inspection of those records, and for the making of returns of entries in those records;

(q) the keeping of records of all applications of X-rays or radioactive substances for any specified purpose;

(r) the forms of applications, licences, notices and other documents required for the purposes of this Ordinance or regulations made thereunder, or authorizing the Board to prescribe such forms;

(s) the fees payable in respect of any licence under this Ordinance;

(t) the classification of licences for the purposes of this Ordinance;

(u) the exemption of any class of persons or of any substance, article or apparatus from the operation of any or all of the provisions of this Ordinance or regulations made thereunder;

(v) such matters as are required or permitted to be prescribed under this Ordinance;

(w) the better carrying out of the provisions of this Ordinance.

(2) Regulations made under this section may provide that contravention of specified provisions of such regulations shall be an offence and may provide penalties therefor:

Provided that no penalty so provided shall exceed a fine of $50,000 and imprisonment for 2 years.

14. (1) The Board may from time to time issue free of charge in such manner as it thinks fit recommendations for protection from radiation hazards for the guidance of licensees and persons engaged in radiation work.

46/9057

46/9054

Recommendations for protection from radiation hazards.

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