Radioactive Substances Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1995 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1995 No. 288 Radioactive Substances Act 1958 RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 1) 1995 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of s 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Insertion of new s 3A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3A Conversion factor for schedule 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 Amendment of s 4 (Prescription of irradiating apparatus and radioactive substances) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6 Amendment of s 47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7 Amendment of s 77 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8 Replacement of pt 14 (Power of delegation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 PART 14—MISCELLANEOUS 87 Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 9 Amendment of sch 1 (Radioactive nuclides—prescribed minimum amount) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 10 Omission of schs 3 and 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 11 Insertion of new section headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 INSERTION OF NEW SECTION HEADINGS

s1 2 s3 Radioactive Substances Amendment (No. 1) No. 288, 1995 ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Radioactive Substances Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1995 . ˙ Regulation amended 2. This regulation amends the Radioactive Substances Regulation 1961 . ˙ Amendment of s 3 3.(1) Section 3, definitions “chief health officer” , “council” , “microrad” , “microroentgen” , “millicurie” , “millirad” , “milliroentgen” , “rad” and “roentgen” — omit. (2) Section 3, definition, “absorbed dose” , ‘rads’— omit, insert— ‘grays’. (3) Section 3, definition, “air dose” , ‘roentgens’— omit, insert— ‘coulombs per kg’. (4) Section 3— insert— ‘ “becquerel” means the unit of radiation equal to 1 transformation per second. “Bq” means a becquerel. “GBq” means a gigabecquerel. “gigabecquerel” means 1 000 000 000 becquerels. “gray” means the unit of absorbed dose and is equal to 1 joule per kilogram of irradiated material. “Gy” means a gray. “KBq” means a kilobecquerel.

s4 3 s7 Radioactive Substances Amendment (No. 1) No. 288, 1995 “kilobecquerel” means 1 000 becquerels. “MBq” means a megabecquerel. “megabecquerel” means 1 000 000 becquerels.’. ˙ Insertion of new s 3A 4. After section 3— insert— ˙ ‘ Conversion factor for schedule 2 ‘ 3A. For the purpose of converting schedule 2 to metric measurements, the radioisotope concentrations stated in schedule 2, columns 2 to 5 may be converted to becquerels per m 3 by multiplying the radioisotope concentrations by 3.7 x 10 10 .’. ˙ Amendment of s 4 (Prescription of irradiating apparatus and radioactive substances) 5.(1) Section 4(2), ‘10 microcuries’— omit, insert— ‘370 KBq’. (2) Section 4(2), ‘2 x 1 / 1000 of a microcurie’— omit, insert— ‘74 Bq’. ˙ Amendment of s 47 6. Section 47, ‘1 curie’— omit, insert— ‘37 GBq’. ˙ Amendment of s 77 7. Section 77(3), ‘shown in Schedule 5, Form No. 1 and Form No. 2’—

s8 4 s9 Radioactive Substances Amendment (No. 1) No. 288, 1995 omit, insert— ‘in the approved form’. ˙ Replacement of pt 14 (Power of delegation) 8. Part 14— omit, insert— ‘ PART 14—MISCELLANEOUS ˙ ‘ Delegation ‘ 87. The chief health officer may delegate the chief health officer’s powers under this regulation to an officer or employee of the department.’. ˙ Amendment of sch 1 (Radioactive nuclides—prescribed minimum amount) 9.(1) Schedule 1, column 2, ‘Microcuries’— omit. (2) Schedule 1, column 2, ‘1’— omit, insert— ‘37 KBq’. (3) Schedule 1, column 2, ‘10’— omit, insert— ‘370 KBq’. (4) Schedule 1, column 2, ‘100’— omit, insert— ‘3.7 MBq’. (5) Schedule 1, column 2, ‘1 000’— omit, insert— ‘37 MBq’.

s 10 5 s 11 Radioactive Substances Amendment (No. 1) No. 288, 1995 ˙ Omission of schs 3 and 4 10. Schedules 3 and 4— omit. ˙ Insertion of new section headings 11. Immediately before a section mentioned in the schedule, column 1 insert the section heading set out opposite in the schedule, column 2.

6 Radioactive Substances Amendment (No. 1) No. 288, 1995 ¡ SCHEDULE INSERTION OF NEW SECTION HEADINGS section 11 Column 1 Section Column 2 Section heading 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Definitions 6A Regulation applies to mine operations 7 Application for licence 8 Irradiating apparatus 9 Application for registration of irradiating apparatus 10 How chief health officer may deal with application 11 Inspection of and report upon irradiating apparatus 12 Examination of irradiating apparatus 13 Chief health officer to keep record of registrations 14 Term of registration 15 Registration deemed to be cancelled or suspended

7 Radioactive Substances Amendment (No. 1) No. 288, 1995 SCHEDULE (continued) 16 Markings of identification affixed to apparatus 17 Transfer of irradiating apparatus 18 Exemption from requirements of Act in certain circumstances 20 Minister may grant exemption 21 Control of radiation dose from radioactive substance or irradiating apparatus 22 Control of radiation exposure from radioactive substance not in sealed source 23 Sections 21 & 22 not to apply to diagnostic or therapeutic procedure 24 Defence for offence against sections 21 & 22 25 Radiation safety officer to be appointed 26 Additional radiation safety officer 27 Chief health officer to approve appointment 28 Licensee etc may be radiation safety officer 29 Appointment of radiation safety officer may be rescinded 30 Duties of radiation safety officer 31 Notification of chief health officer 32 Radioactive substance used outside premises of licensee etc

8 Radioactive Substances Amendment (No. 1) No. 288, 1995 SCHEDULE (continued) 33 Entry of place where radiation hazard exists 34 Radioactive substance lost or damaged 35 Radiation worker in place where radiation hazard exists 36 Licensee or employer to issue measuring device 37 Person to wear or use device 38 Film badge or other device to be processed 39 Extended definitions 40 Licensee etc to keep records 41 Form of records 42 Chief health officer to be notified of radiation close 43 Licensee to keep record of radioactive substances 44 Production of records for inspection 45 How radioactive substance is to be stored 46 Storage of radioactive substance that emits gas 47 Storage of radioactive substance in container 48 Conditions of use of radioactive substance

9 Radioactive Substances Amendment (No. 1) No. 288, 1995 SCHEDULE (continued) 49 Persons working with radioactive substances to be checked for contamination 50 Contamination to be removed 51 Contaminated clothing etc to be decontaminated 52 Disposal of waste from decontamination 53 Sections 48 to 50 not to apply to diagnostic or therapeutic procedures 54 Procedure if radioactive substance released 55 Keeping radioactive substance in sealed source 56 Licensee etc to display signs in places radioactive substances stored or used 57 Licensee etc to display signs if premises constitute a radiation area 58 Form of signs 59 Labels and signs to comply with regulation 60 Licensee etc of high radiation area to supply central device 72 Breakage of package containing radioactive substance 75 Transportation of radioactive substance from place outside State 76 Ministers may grant exemption

10 Radioactive Substances Amendment (No. 1) No. 288, 1995 SCHEDULE (continued) 77 Carriage of radioactive substances by aircraft 78 Transmission of radioactive substance by post 79 Carriage of radioactive substances by ship 80 Disposal of radioactive substance 81 Release of radioactive substances 82 Disposal of gaseous radioactive substance 83 Employees to have medical examination 84 Definition of “employer” 85 Chief health officer may disapprove of employment of person 86 Offences ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 19 October 1995. 2. Notified in the gazette on 20 October 1995. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Health. © State of Queensland 1995