Radiation Safety (Transport of Radioactive Substances) Regulations 2002 (WA)

Western Australia Radiation Safety Act 1975 Radiation Safety (Transport of Radioactive Substances) Regulations 2002 Western Australia Radiation Safety (Transport of Radioactive Substances) Regulations 2002 Contents 1. Citation 1 2. Terms used 1 3. Application 2 4. Code and International Regulations, as modified, adopted 2 5. Carrier to have an approved radiation protection programme 3 6. Other offences 4 Notes Compilation table 5 Defined terms Radiation Safety Act 1975 Radiation Safety (Transport of Radioactive Substances) Regulations 2002

1. Citation These regulations may be cited as the Radiation Safety (Transport of Radioactive Substances) Regulations 2002.

2. Terms used In these regulations — carrier means a person who is a carrier as defined in the International Regulations Section II; Code means the Code for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material (2019), RPS C‑2 (Rev. 1) published by the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) under the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998 (Commonwealth) Part 3; consignee means a person who is a consignee as defined in the International Regulations Section II; consignment has the meaning given in the International Regulations Section II; freight container has the meaning given in the International Regulations Section II; International Regulations means the International Atomic Energy Agency Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material 2018 Edition, SSR‑6 (Rev. 1) set out in the Code Schedule A, as modified by the Code clauses 2.2 to 2.10; overpack has the meaning given in the International Regulations Section II; package has the meaning given in the International Regulations Section II; radiation protection programme has the meaning given in the International Regulations Section II; radioactive material means a radioactive chemical element in a concentration that makes it radioactive material as defined in the International Regulations Section II. [Regulation 2 amended: Gazette 26 Apr 2013 p. 1661-2; SL 2021/160 r. 4.]