Radiation Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2004 (Qld)

Queensland Radiation Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2004 Subordinate Legislation 2004 No. 143 made under the Radiation Safety Act 1999 Contents 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of s 43 (Exemption from requirement for use licence—Act, s 210) . . . . 2 4 Amendment of s 46 (Certain radioactive substances, incorporated in items to produce light—Act, s 210) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 Amendment of s 48 (Depleted uranium—Act, s 210) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

s1 2 s4 Radiation Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2004 No. 143, 2004 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Radiation Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2004 . 2 Regulation amended This regulation amends the Radiation Safety Regulation 1999. 3 Amendment of s 43 (Exemption from requirement for use licence—Act, s 210) Section 43(1)— insert— ‘(k) a laser apparatus designed only for puncturing a person’s skin to obtain capillary blood samples but not including use of the apparatus by a person who is carrying out maintenance or repair of the apparatus.’. 4 Amendment of s 46 (Certain radioactive substances, incorporated in items to produce light—Act, s 210) Section 46(1)— omit, insert— ‘(1) For section 210 of the Act— (a) a radioactive substance containing the radionuclide promethium-147 or hydrogen-3, incorporated in an item to produce light is exempt from sections 12, 13 and 26 of the Act; and (b) a radioactive substance containing the radionuclide radium-226, incorporated in an item to produce light is exempt from sections 12 and 13 of the Act.’.

s5 3 s5 Radiation Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2004 No. 143, 2004 5 Amendment of s 48 (Depleted uranium—Act, s 210) Section 48(1)(a)— omit, insert— ‘(a) being used as ballast in an aircraft or ship; and’. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 29 July 2004. 2 Notified in the gazette on 30 July 2004. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Health. © State of Queensland 2004