Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 2)1

Statutory Rules 2000 No. 3302

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998.

Dated 1 December 2000

WILLIAM DEANE

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

GRANT TAMBLING

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health

and Aged Care

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1] Subregulation 36 (1)

omit everything before paragraph (a), insert

(1) If a Committee prepares a draft publication for the amendment of a code of practice mentioned in subregulation (2), the draft publication must be:

[2] Subregulation 36 (2)

substitute

(2) For subregulation (1), the codes of practice are as follows:

(a) the Code of Practice on the Management of Radioactive Wastes from the Mining and Milling of Radioactive Ores;

(b) the Code of Practice on Radiation Protection in the Mining and Milling of Radioactive Ores;

[3] Part 5, heading, and regulations 56 and 57

substitute

Part 5 Practices to be followed

Division 5.1 General

56 Application of Part 5

This Part applies only to the extent that:

(a) a holder of a licence, or a person covered by a licence, can comply with the licence without taking action that would constitute unlawful discrimination under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984; or

(b) a holder of a licence, or a person covered by a licence, who cannot comply with the licence without taking action that would constitute unlawful discrimination under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 is exempted, under section 44 of that Act, from its operation.

Division 5.2 Dose limits

57 Purpose of Division 5.2

For paragraph 85 (2) (a) of the Act, this Division prescribes practices and procedures to be followed, and measures to be taken, in relation to dose limits by controlled persons in relation to activities relating to controlled facilities, and in relation to dealings with controlled apparatus or controlled material.

[4] After regulation 62

insert

Division 5.3 Codes of practice

62A Codes of practice to be followed

(1) For paragraph 85 (2) (a) of the Act, the practices and procedures described in the codes of practice mentioned in subregulation (2) must, to the extent that they are relevant, be followed by controlled persons in relation to activities relating to controlled facilities, and in relation to dealings with controlled apparatus or controlled material.

(2) For subregulation (1), the codes of practice are as follows:

(a) the Code of Practice on the Management of Radioactive Wastes from the Mining and Milling of Radioactive Ores;

(b) the Code of Practice on Radiation Protection in the Mining and Milling of Radioactive Ores;

[5] Dictionary, after definition of Code of Practice for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Substances

insert

Code of Practice on Radiation Protection in the Mining and Milling of Radioactive Ores means the document of that title published in 1987, as approved under subsection 9 (1) of the Environment Protection (Nuclear Codes) Act 1978, and as in force on 18 March 1999.

Code of Practice on the Management of Radioactive Wastes from the Mining and Milling of Radioactive Ores means the document of that title published in 1982, as approved under subsection 9 (1) of the Environment Protection (Nuclear Codes) Act 1978, and as in force on 18 March 1999.