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Radiation (Control of Radioactive Substances) Regulations

[CAP. 303

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[Subsidiary]

RADIATION (CONTROL OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES)

REGULATIONS

(Cap. 303, section 13)

[1 October 1965] L.N. 114 of 1965

L.N. 67 of 1965 -

L.N. 98 of 1970, L.N. 42 of 1976, L.N. 410 of 1982, R. Ed. 1982, L.N. 228 of 1985, L.N. 76 of 1989, L.N. 211 of 1989,

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Citation

PART I

PRELIMINARY

These regulations may be cited as the Radiation (Control of Radioactive Substances) Regulations.

2.

Interpretation

(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-

"affected industrial undertaking" means an industrial undertaking within the meaning of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (Cap. 59), in or by which any radioactive substance is manufactured, used, handled, conveyed or stored;

"affected undertaking" means any undertaking whatsoever, whether carried on for gain or otherwise, in which any radioactive substance is manufactured, used, handled, conveyed or stored, other than an affected industrial undertaking;

"approved laboratory" means a laboratory approved by the Board for the purposes of regulation 12;

"Authority", in relation to an affected industrial undertaking, means the Commissioner for Labour and, in relation to an affected undertaking, or in relation to any person not engaged in an undertaking, the Director of Health; (L.N. 76 of 1989)

"employ" and "employment" include reference to any kind of work carried out for another whether voluntarily or for consideration;

"handling" includes physical contact or contact by remote control with any radioactive substance or container containing any such substance;