Radiation Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 (Qld)

Queensland Radiation Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 Subordinate Legislation 2012 No. 246 made under the RadiationSafetyAct1999 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of s 10 (Documents relating to proof of identity— Act, s 51) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 Amendment of s 48 (Security-related information about transport) 2 6 Amendment of pt 11, hdg (Banned radiation practices) . . . . . . . . 2 7 Insertion of new s 64A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 64A Banned radiation sources for possession—Act, s 47 . 3 8 Insertion of new s 97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 97 Transitional provision for Radiation Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 9 Amendment of sch 2 (Security categorisation of a radiation source or an aggregation of radiation sources) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 10 Amendment of sch 3 (Disposal of radioactive material— radionuclide concentrations). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 11 Amendment of sch 5 (Qualifications) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Radiation Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 [s 1] 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Radiation Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 . 2 Commencement Sections 6, 7 and 8 commence on 1 January 2013. 3 Regulation amended This regulation amends the Radiation Safety Regulation 2010. 4 Amendment of s 10 (Documents relating to proof of identity—Act, s 51) (1) Section 10(2), ‘An application for an Act instrument’— omit, insert — ‘A relevant application’. (2) Section 10(3)— insert — ‘ relevant application means any of the following— (a) an application for a possession licence; (b) an application for a use licence; (c) an application for a transport licence.’. 5 Amendment of s 48 (Security-related information about transport) Section 48(1), from ‘the possession’ to ‘including’— omit , insert — ‘security-related information will be secured, including’. 6 Amendment of pt 11, hdg (Banned radiation practices) Part 11, heading, after ‘radiation’— Page 2 2012 SL No. 246

Radiation Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 [s 7] insert — ‘ sources and radiation ’. 7 ‘64A Insertion of new s 64A Part 11— insert — Banned radiation sources for possession—Act, s 47 ‘For the Act, section 47— (a) a relevant solarium is prescribed as a banned radiation source in relation to the possession of the relevant solarium; and (b) a person must not apply for a possession licence for a relevant solarium; and (c) the chief executive must not grant a possession licence for a relevant solarium.’. 8 Insertion of new s 97 After section 96— insert — ‘97 Transitional provision for Radiation Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 ‘(1) This section applies if a possession licensee, under the licence, possesses a relevant solarium immediately before the commencement of this section and continues to possess the relevant solarium. ‘(2) Section 64A does not apply to the relevant solarium.’. 9 Amendment of sch 2 (Security categorisation of a radiation source or an aggregation of radiation sources) Schedule 2, part 1, item 1, ‘Greater than 1000’— omit , insert — ‘Equal to or greater than 1000’. 2012 SL No. 246 Page 3

Radiation Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 [s 10] 10 Amendment of sch 3 (Disposal of radioactive material—radionuclide concentrations) Schedule 3, item 63, ‘Cobalt-5’— omit , insert — ‘Cobalt-56’. 11 Amendment of sch 5 (Qualifications) Schedule 5, column 1, after ‘person’ first mention— insert — ‘or dental therapeutic procedures carried out with a laser apparatus’. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 20 December 2012. 2 Notified in the gazette on 21 December 2012. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Queensland Health. © State of Queensland 2012 Page 4 2012 SL No. 246