Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998

Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Regulations 1999

Notice of Intention to Make a Declaration of Exemption

In accordance with regulation 37A of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Regulations 1999 (the Regulations), I, Carl-Magnus Larsson, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) hereby notify my intention to make a declaration under sub-regulation 37(1) of the Regulations in the following form:

 I, Carl-Magnus Larsson, Chief Executive Officer of ARPANSA, acting pursuant to the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Regulations 1999 (the Regulations) hereby conclude that in the de-commissioning and disposal of a controlled facility, namely:

Vickers linear accelerator,

ARPANSA Medical Radiation Services is engaging in conduct that does not, or will not, pose an unacceptable potential hazard to the health and safety of people or the environment and therefore, satisfies the requirements of sub-regulation 37(1) of the Regulations. Consequently, I exempt ARPANSA Medical Radiation Services from the need to obtain authorisation to de-commission and dispose of a Vickers linear accelerator under paragraph 30(1)(f) of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998.

A period of 28 days will elapse between this notification and the proposed declaration being published in the Gazette, during which time submissions on my intention to make the above declaration may be sent to subARPANSAlinac@arpansa.gov.au or by mail to:

CEO of ARPANSA

PO Box 655

Miranda NSW 1490

Carl-Magnus Larsson

CEO of ARPANSA

 22 February 2013