Radiation Protection Regulations 2016 (Tas)

Radiation Protection Regulations 2016

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Radiation Protection Act 2005 .

23 May 2016

C. WARNER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

MICHAEL DARREL JOSEPH FERGUSON

Minister for Health

PART 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title These regulations may be cited as the Radiation Protection Regulations 2016 .

2. Commencement These regulations take effect on 24 May 2016.

3. Interpretation In these regulations – Act means the Radiation Protection Act 2005 ; air cushion vehicle means a vehicle that is designed to be supported when in motion wholly or partly by air expelled from the vehicle to form a cushion of which the boundaries include the water or other surface beneath the vehicle; ambient dose equivalent has the same meaning as in the document entitled "Quantities and Units in Radiation Protection Dosimetry" published by the International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements as ICRU Report 51 in 1993; ambient dose equivalent rate means the ambient dose equivalent measured in joules of energy per kilogram per hour; approved disposal site means an area of land or place approved, for the disposal of radioactive materials, by both – (a) the Director, Environment Protection Authority appointed under section 18 of the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994 ; and (b) the relevant local government authority; approved radiation safety officer means a person specified as the radiation safety officer in an approved radiation management plan; ARPANSA means that part of the Commonwealth department responsible for the administration of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998 of the Commonwealth that is known as ARPANSA or the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency; AS means a standard published by Standards Australia as amended or substituted from time to time; AS/NZS means a standard published jointly by Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand as amended or substituted from time to time; carrier means any person or government department, government agency or government authority undertaking the transport of radioactive material by any means; CEO of ARPANSA means the Chief Executive Officer of ARPANSA appointed under section 45 of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998 of the Commonwealth; consignor means any person or government department, government agency or government authority that – (a) prepares a consignment of radioactive material for transport; and (b) is named as consignor in the transport documents; directional dose equivalent has the same meaning as in the document entitled "Quantities and Units in Radiation Protection Dosimetry" published by the International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements as ICRU Report 51 in 1993; directional dose equivalent rate means the directional dose equivalent measured in joules of energy per kilogram per hour; Disposal Code means the Code of Practice for the Disposal of Radioactive Wastes by the User (1985) published by the NHMRC under the National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992 of the Commonwealth, as in force immediately before its rescission by the NHMRC; domestic smoke alarm means a smoke alarm that – (a) is designed for use for domestic purposes; and (b) contains no more than 37 kilobecquerels of americium-241; and (c) complies with AS 3786-1993; Dose Coefficients Document means the document entitled "Dose Coefficients for Intakes of Radionuclides by Workers" that is Publication 68 of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (Annals of the International Commission on Radiological Protection Publication Volume 24, No. 4 1994), as amended or substituted from time to time; effective dose, in relation to any human organ or human tissue that is exposed to ionising radiation, means a dose for the organ or tissue that – (a) takes into account the type of radiation involved and the radiological sensitivities of the organs and tissues irradiated; and (b) is calculated in accordance with the document entitled "Recommendations for limiting exposure to ionizing radiation (1995) (Guidance note [NOHSC:3022(1995)])" (republished 2002) that is published by the CEO of ARPANSA, as amended or substituted from time to time; equivalent dose, in relation to any human organ or human tissue that is exposed to ionising radiation, means a measure of the dose for the organ or tissue that – (a) takes into account the type of radiation involved; and (b) is calculated in accordance with the document entitled "Recommendations for limiting exposure to ionizing radiation (1995) (Guidance note [NOHSC:3022(1995)])" (republished 2002) that is published by the CEO of ARPANSA, as amended or substituted from time to time; external effective dose, in relation to a dose of radiation received by a person, means the total of the weighted equivalent doses for all the organs and tissues of the person as a result of exposure of the organs and tissues to radiation emitted from an ionising radiation source external to the person's body; internal effective dose, in relation to a dose of radiation received by a person, means the effective dose from a radionuclide inhaled, ingested or introduced into the person's body calculated in accordance with the Dose Coefficients Document; International Regulations means the Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material (1996 edition), published by the International Atomic Energy Agency in 2000 as adopted by the Safe Transport Code, as amended or substituted from time to time; medical exposure means – (a) exposure of a person to radiation received as a – (i) treated person; or (ii) volunteer in medical research; or (b) exposure received as a consequence of assisting a treated person if – (i) the person assisting the treated person is aware of the exposure and accepts any associated risks; and (ii) the exposure is not occupational exposure; natural background exposure, of a person to ionising radiation, means the exposure of the person to ionising radiation that occurs naturally in the environment (including radiation from potassium-40 in the body, cosmic radiation at the surface of the earth and unmodified concentrations of naturally occurring radionuclides in most raw materials), other than exposure to ionising radiation that – (a) is directly attributable to the carrying out of a radiation practice; or (b) may have a harmful effect on persons working in an industry, or business, where those persons may be exposed to that ionising radiation; NDRP means the National Directory for Radiation Protection produced by ARPANSA and published by the CEO of ARPANSA; NHMRC means the National Health and Medical Research Council, established by section 5B of the National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992 of the Commonwealth; occupational exposure, of a person to ionising radiation, means the exposure of the person to the ionising radiation in the course of the person's work while the person is directly involved in the carrying out of a radiation practice, other than – (a) natural background exposure to ionising radiation, unless that exposure is directly attributable to carrying out the radiation practice; or (b) medical exposure to ionising radiation; or (c) public exposure to ionising radiation; package means the packaging together with its radioactive contents as presented for transport; packaging means the assembly of components necessary to enclose the radioactive contents completely; public exposure, of a person to ionising radiation, means the exposure of the person to the ionising radiation, other than – (a) medical exposure to ionising radiation; or (b) natural background exposure to ionising radiation; or (c) occupational exposure to ionising radiation; radioactive contents, of a package, means the radioactive material together with any contaminated solids, liquids and gases within the packaging; register means the register of authorities required to be kept by the Director of Public Health under section 82 of the Act; Safe Transport Code means the code of practice entitled "Safe Transport of Radioactive Material" (2008) produced by ARPANSA and published by the CEO of ARPANSA, as amended or substituted from time to time; smoke alarm means a combined smoke detector and audible alarm device that is designed to sound an alarm when it detects smoke in the area in which it is located; smoke detector means a device that is designed to detect the presence of particles or aerosols produced by combustion; total effective dose, for a person for a period, means the total of the external effective dose and internal effective dose received by the person during the period; unsealed radioactive material means radioactive material that is not a sealed source; vessel means – (a) a ship, boat or other vessel used or capable of being used in navigation; or (b) a seaplane; or (c) an air cushion vehicle or similar type of craft; weighted equivalent dose, in relation to any human organ or human tissue that is exposed to radiation, means the product of – (a) the tissue weighting factor for the organ or tissue stated in Table 2 of the document entitled "Recommendations for limiting exposure to ionizing radiation (1995) (Guidance note [NOHSC:3022(1995)])" (republished 2002) that is published by the CEO of ARPANSA, as amended or substituted from time to time; and (b) the equivalent dose for the organ or tissue.