WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1990
21
MOTION ON RADIATION REGULATIONS PASSED
*
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY)
A PASSED
MOTION
APPROVING THE RADIATION (CONTROL OF IRRADIATING APPARATUS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1990 AND THE RADIATION (CONTROL OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES) ON JUNE 8 (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1990 MADE BY THE RADIATION BOARD THIS YEAR.
AND WELFARE, THE MOVING THE MOTION, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH
SECTION 13(1) OF THE RADIATION HON ELIZABETH WONG, EXPLAINED THAT ORDINANCE EMPOWERED THE RADIATION BOARD TO MAKE REGULATIONS SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
MANY
OF
REGULATIONS AMENDMENTS TO THE THE EXERCISE WERE TECHNICAL IN NATURE, SHE SAID.
IN THE
CURRENT
FOR OF FINES
COUNCIL, MRS
THE RECENT INCREASE
LEVEL IN THE FOLLOWING OFFENCES UNDER THE RADIATION ORDINANCE APPROVED BY THE WONG SAID, THE TWO SETS OF AMENDMENT REGULATIONS SOUGHT TO INTRODUCE A THREE-FOLD INCREASE IN THE LEVEL OF FINES FOR VARIOUS OFFENCES
THE REGULATIONS.
"THESE FINES HAVE NOT BEEN REVISED SINCE THE REGULATIONS INTO FORCE IN 1965 BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF OFFENCES PROSECUTED WAS SMALL.
"HOWEVER, WE CONSIDER IT NECESSARY TO INCREASE THE ORDER TO MAINTAIN THEIR DETERRENT EFFECT," SHE SAID.
UNDER
CAME
VERY
FINES IN
MRS WONG SAID THAT UNDER THE RADIATION (CONTROL OF IRRADIATING APPARATUS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1990, REGULATION 2 SOUGHT TO UPDATE THE EXISTING TERMINOLOGY AND
WHICH DEFINITIONS
OUTMODED.
CHANGING "THESE INCLUDE
IRRADIATING
WERE CONSIDERED
1
APPARATUS'
* DENTAL THE TERM
AND THE
OF REFERENCE
X-RAY MACHINE'
+
+ DOSE' TO 'DOSE-EQUIVALENT LIMIT',
IRRADIATING APPARATUS' AND DEFINING
ΤΟ
* DENTAL
'MAXIMUM INTRODUCING THE TERMS PERMISSIBLE
AND ' THERAPEUTIC IRRADIATING 'DIAGNOSTIC
NEW THESE
TERMS APPARATUS '
IN ACCORDANCE
" SHE SAID. INTERNATIONALLY ACCEPTED STANDARDS,
IN
WITH
THE
ADDITION, REGULATION 7 AMENDED REGULATION 17 TO EXTEND
OF PROTECTIVE OFFENCES OF LICENSEES IN RELATION TO THE IMPROPER USE MATERIALS AND SAFETY PRACTICES IN CASE OF IRRADIATING APPARATUS TO ALL PERSONS SO AS TO ENSURE THAT THESE PROVISIONS COULD BE PROVIDE THE NECESSARY PROTECTION FROM RADIATION HAZARDS OF WHETHER A LICENCE WAS IN FORCE.
ENFORCED TO IRRESPECTIVE
"IN
PRACTICE,
THE
RADIATION
BOARD HAS
AT
TIMES FOUND IT
BEING APPLIED
DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY THE LICENSEE IN ENFORCING THIS REGULATION WHEN A LICENCE IS EITHER NOT RENEWED OR IS IN THE PROCESS OF FOR," SHE SAID.
/MRS WONG