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Power to exempt from provisions of Ordinance or regulations.
Appointment and powers of inspectors.
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(2) Failure on the part of any person to observe the provisions of any such recommendations shall not of itself render that person liable to criminal proceedings of any kind, but any such failure may in any proceedings under this Ordinance be relied upon by any party to the proceedings as tending to establish or to negative any liability which is in question in those proceedings.
(Added, 6 of 1961, s. 4)
15. (1) The Board may grant, subject to such conditions or restrictions as it may consider expedient, exemption from any of the provisions of this Ordinance or of any regulations made thereunder to any specified person, group or class of persons where, having regard to the public interest to be served and the degree of risk, if any, to human health involved by the granting of such exemption, the Board is of opinion that it is expedient and safe so to do.
(2) A notice in writing signed by the Chairman of the Board of any exemption granted in accordance with subsection (1) shall be issued to the person, group or class of persons to which such exemption applies:
Provided that in the case of a group or class of persons such notice may be issued by means of a notification in the Gazette.
(Added, 6 of 1961, s. 4)
(3)
16. (1) The Board may from time to time appoint persons by name or office to be inspectors for the purposes of this Ordinance.
(2) Any inspector may, on producing, if so required, a duly authenticated document showing his authority, enter and inspect at all reasonable hours any premises, vehicle, vessel or aircraft in which there is any radioactive substance or irradiating apparatus in respect of which a licence is for the time being in force under this Ordinance or in respect of which a licence under this Ordinance is not required by virtue of any exemption made by regulation under section 13.
(3) If a magistrate is satisfied from information on oath of any inspector that-
(a) entry into any premises, vehicle, vessel or aircraft in exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (2) has been refused; or
(b) there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that an offence against this Ordinance or any regulation made thereunder has been or is being committed in or in connexion with any premises, vehicle, ship or aircraft,
the magistrate may, by warrant under his hand, authorize any person named in the warrant together with any police officer, to enter and search such premises, vehicle, vessel or aircraft, if necessary by force.
(4) In the exercise of the powers of entry and inspection under subsection (2) or of entry and search under a warrant granted under subsection (3), any inspector may-
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