Radioactive Substances Act Amendment Act 1970 (Qld)

208 (Quallslantr ANNO NONODECIMO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE REGINAE No. 13 of 1970 An Act to Amend The Radioactive Substances Acts 1958 to 1967 in certain particulars [ASSENTED TO 16TH APRIL, 1970] BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. Short title and citation . (1) This Act may be cited as the Radioactive Substances Act Amendment Act 1970. (2) The Radioactive Substances Act of 1958 as subsequently amended is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act. (3) The Principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Radioactive Substances Act1958-1970. 2. Commencement of Act. This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by the Governor in Council by Proclamation published in the Gazette. 3. Amendment of s. 13. Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsections (2) a : d (3) the words " or dentist " wherever they occur.

Radioactive Substances Act Amendment Act 1970, No. 13 209 4. Amendment of s. 14 . Section 14 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (2) and inserting in its stead the following subsection:- (2) No person shall- (a) have in his possession for use on a human being or for the purpose of treating a human being; or (b) use or attempt to use on a human being or for the purpose of treating a human being, an irradiating apparatus unless he is- (i) A medical practitioner who has possession of or uses or attempts to use such apparatus in his practice as such and who holds a licence granted to him under this Act authorizing him so to do; or (ii) A person who, in the case of possession only of such apparatus, has such possession only for the purpose of acting or, in any other case, is acting under the supervision and instruction or upon the request made directly to him of a medical practitioner lawfully entitled to use such apparatus for the use or purpose in question, such supervision and instruction being given or such request being made by such medical practitioner in his practice as such; or (iii) A person who has in his possession for use on a human being or uses or attempts to use on a human being such apparatus for the sole purpose of diagnostic radiography and who holds a licence granted to him under this Act authorizing him so to do.".