(25 of 1857)
Schedule.
Constitu tion of Radiation Board.
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"licensing authority" means any member of the Board to whom the power to grant licences under this Ordinance is delegated under section 6;
"medical practitioner" means a person for the time being regis- tered or exempted from registration under the Medical Regis- tration Ordinance, 1957)
"mine" includes all operations for the intentional winning or
obtaining of any radioactive mineral;
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"prospect" means to search for any radioactive mineral and includes such working as is reasonably necessary to enable the prospector to test the radioactive mineral bearing qualities of the area concerned; "radioactive mineral" means any substance specified in the
Schedule:
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"radioactive substance" means any substance which consists of or contains more than the maximum prescribed concentration or amount of any radioactive chemical element in the Periodic Table, whether natural or artificial;
"substance" means any natural or artificial substance, whether in solid or liquid form or in the form of gas or vapour, and includes any manufactured article or any article which has been subjected to any artificial treatment or process.
3. (1) There is hereby established for the purposes of this Ordinance a Board to be known as the Radiation Board.
(2) The Board shall consist of
(a) the following ex-officio members, namely--
(i) the Director of Medical and Health Services; (ii) the Commissioner of Labour;
(ii) the Director of Commerce and Industry; and
(b) such persons not exceeding ten in number as the
Governor may appoint.
(3) Members of the Board appointed under paragraph (b) of subsection (2) shall hold office for three years and may be re- appointed or removed by the Governor at his pleasure. In the event of any vacancy occurring from any cause such vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the Governor and a member so appointed shall hold office for so long as the member in whose place he has been appointed would have held office.
(4) The Director of Medical and Health Services shall be ex-officio Chairman of the Board. In the absence of the Chairman from any meeting of the Board, the members of the Board present shall appoint one of their number to be Chairman.
(5) The Board shall meet at such places and times as the Chairman of the Board may appoint, and at any meeting five members shall form a quorum.
(6) Every question before the Board shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present at the meeting of the Board.
(7) The Chairman of the Board shall have a deliberative vote and, in the case of an equality of votes, shall also have a casting vote.
(8) Except as expressly provided in this Ordinance or in any regulations made thereunder, the Board may regulate its procedure and may make standing orders for that purpose.
(9) A secretary to the Board shall be appointed by the Governor,
4. The functions of the Board shall be-
Functiona of the
(a) to grant or refuse to grant licences under this Ordinance Board.
and to impose conditions on any licence so granted;
(b) to cancel, suspend or renew licences issued under this
Ordinance;
(c) to exercise any power vested in the Board under this
Ordinance;
(d) to handle any other matter which under this Ordinance may or is to be referred to the Board and is referred to
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technical
The Board may from time to time appoint such advisory Advisory or technical committees as it thinks fit to advise on such matters and within the scope of its functions as are referred thereto by the committees. Board. Any person may be appointed to be a member of any such committee notwithstanding that he is not a member of the Board, but a member of the Board shall be the Chairman of any such committee.