Radiation Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2005 (Qld)

Queensland Radiation Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2005 Subordinate Legislation 2005 No. 5 made under the RadiationSafetyAct1999 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of s 9 (Certain use or transport licences—Act, s 75(3) and (4)). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of s 35 (Pregnant women—Act, ss 37(2)(c)(i), 41(5), 42(2), 127(1)(b), 132(4)(b), 133(2)(c) and 224(5)(c)(i)) . . . . . . . . 3 5 Amendment of s 36 (Functions of radiation safety officers—Act, s 37(2)(c)(ii) and 224(5)(c)(ii)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6 Amendment of sch 6 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

s1 2 s3 Radiation Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2005 No. 5, 2005 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Radiation Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2005 . 2 Regulation amended This regulation amends the Radiation Safety Regulation 1999. 3 Amendment of s 9 (Certain use or transport licences—Act, s 75(3) and (4)) (1) Section 9, heading, ‘ use ’— omit, insert— ‘ possession, use ’. (2) Section 9(1)(a), ‘NHMRC;’— omit, insert— ‘NHMRC; 1 ’. (3) Section 9(1)— insert— ‘(d) a possession licence to possess or a use licence to use a sealed source apparatus for density-gauging or moisture-gauging for geo-technical purposes is subject to the condition that the holder of the licence comply with the document entitled ‘Code of Practice for Portable Density/Moisture Gauges Containing Radioactive Sources (2004)’ prepared by ARPANSA; and (e) a possession licence to possess or a use licence to use a radioactive substance to carry out a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure involving irradiation of a person is subject to the condition that the holder of the licence comply with the document entitled ‘Recommendations 1 Copies of the document and the documents referred to in paragraphs (b) to (e) and section 47(b) are available on the internet at < Copies of the documents referred to in paragraphs (b) to (e) and section 47(b) may also be purchased from ARPANSA, 619 Lower Plenty Road, Yallambie, Victoria 3085.

s4 3 s6 Radiation Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2005 No. 5, 2005 for the Discharge of Patients Undergoing Treatment with Radioactive Substances (2002)’ prepared by ARPANSA.’. 4 Amendment of s 35 (Pregnant women—Act, ss 37(2)(c)(i), 41(5), 42(2), 127(1)(b), 132(4)(b), 133(2)(c) and 224(5)(c)(i)) Section 35(3), ‘for 127(1)(b)’— omit, insert— ‘for section 127(1)(b)’. 5 Amendment of s 36 (Functions of radiation safety officers—Act, s 37(2)(c)(ii) and 224(5)(c)(ii)) Section 36, ‘section 37(2)(c)(ii)’— omit, insert — ‘sections 37(2)(c)(ii)’. 6 Amendment of sch 6 (Dictionary) (1) Schedule 6, definition transport code of practice — omit. (2) Schedule 6— insert— ‘ ARPANSA means the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency. transport code of practice means the Code of Practice for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material (2001) 2 published by ARPANSA.’. (3) Schedule 6, definition equivalent dose , ‘prepared by NHMRC.’— omit, insert— 2 The Code of Practice for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material (2001) is available on the internet at < or may be purchased from ARPANSA, 619 Lower Plenty Road, Yallambie, Victoria 3085.

s6 4 s6 Radiation Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2005 No. 5, 2005 ‘published by ARPANSA. 3 ’. (4) Schedule 6, definition weighted equivalent dose , ‘prepared by NHMRC’— omit, insert— ‘published by ARPANSA’. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 10 February 2005. 2 Notified in the gazette on 11 February 2005. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Health. © State of Queensland 2005 3 Copies of the document are available on the internet at < or may be purchased from ARPANSA, 619 Lower Plenty Road, Yallambie, Victoria 3085.