Chapter:
303A
RADIATION (CONTROL OF RADIOACTIVE
SUBSTANCES) REGULATIONS
Gazette Number Version Date
30/06/1997
Empowering section
(Cap 303 section 13)
[1 October 1965] L.N. 114 of 1965
(Originally L.N. 67 of 1965)
Part:
I
Regulation: 1
PRELIMINARY
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Citation
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These regulations may be cited as the Radiation (Control of Radioactive Substances) Regulations.
Regulation: 2
Interpretation
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(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires"affected industrial undertaking" (受影響的工業經營) means an industrial undertaking within the meaning of the
Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (Cap 59), in or by which any radioactive substance is
manufactured, used, handled, conveyed or stored;
"affected undertaking" ( 受 影 響 的 經 營 ) means any undertaking whatsoever, whether carried on for gain or
otherwise, in which any radioactive substance is manufactured, used, handled, conveyed or stored, other than an
affected industrial undertaking;
"approved laboratory" (認可檢驗所) means a laboratory approved by the Board for the purposes of regulation 12;
"Authority" (監督), in relation to an affected industrial undertaking, means the Commissioner for Labour and, in
relation to an affected undertaking, or in relation to any person not engaged in an undertaking, the Director of
Health; (L.N. 76 of 1989)
"employ" and "employment" (僱用、受僱) include reference to any kind of work carried out for another whether
voluntarily or for consideration;
"handling" (處理) includes physical contact or contact by remote control with any radioactive substance or container
containing any such substance;
"luminous compound" (發光化合物) means luminous material consisting of or containing any radioactive substance;
"open air" (露天地方) means a space which(a) is vertically uncovered and unobstructed;
(b) is not less, in any horizontal dimension, than 1.5 m; and
(c) where such space is enclosed on 4 sides, has a horizontal area of not less than 0.25 m2 for every metre
of the mean height of the walls enclosing the space; (L.N. 410 of 1982)
"panel" (醫務小組) means such committee as the Board may from time to time appoint under section 5 of the
Ordinance, for the purpose of advising the Board upon matters affecting or concerning the state of health of
persons employed or to be employed in any work or process involving manufacture or handling of any
radioactive substance;
"personnel radiation monitoring device" (工作人員輻射監測器具) means a device designed to be worn or carried
by an individual for the purpose of measuring exposure to radiation and includes a photographic film suitable for
that purpose, placed in an appropriate film holder; (L.N. 228 of 1985)
"proprietor" (東主), in relation to any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking, includes any person for
the time being having the management or control or receiving the profits of the business carried on in such
undertaking or employing any person engaged in such business;
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"radiation" (輻射) means ionizing radiation; (L.N. 228 of 1985)
"radioactive waste" ( 放 射 性 廢 料 ) means waste radioactive substances and waste material contaminated by
radioactive substances or which, having regard to its use, may have become so contaminated;
"sealed source" (密封源) means a radioactive substance which is permanently enclosed in a container in such a
manner that it or any part of it cannot be separated from the container unless the container is damaged, but also
in such a manner as to permit of the emission of radiation;
"unsealed radioactive substance" (非密封的放射性物質) means any radioactive substance which is not a sealed
source.
(2) (Repealed L.N. 410 of 1982)
(L.N. 226 of 1990)
Regulation: 2A
Delegation of powers and functions
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The Authority may, by notice in the Gazette, delegate to any public officer the exercise of any of the powers (or
the performance of any of the duties) conferred (or imposed) upon the Authority by these regulations.
(L.N. 228 of 1985)
Part:
II
Regulation: 3
LICENSING, CONVEYANCE AND STORAGE
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Application for licence
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Every application pursuant to any of the provisions of section 7 or 8 of the Ordinance for any licence relating to
any radioactive substance shall be made in writing addressed to the Authority and shall contain, so far as may be
applicable, the following particulars(a) the purpose for which the licence is required;
(b) the nature and quantity of the radioactive substance in question;
(c) the type of packing in which the substance is contained;
(d) the type and dose rate of radiation at the surface of any package;
(e) in the case of a licence to manufacture, use or store any radioactive substance, the place in which it is
to be manufactured, used or stored, and, in the case of a licence to possess for the purpose of transport,
the intended means of transport and the place from which it is to be taken and the destination;
(f) in the case of any application pursuant to the provisions of section 8 of the Ordinance, the area in
which prospecting or mining is to be undertaken; and
(g) such other particulars as the Authority may require.
Regulation: 4
Licence
L.N. 129 of 2006 01/07/2006
(1) A fee of $3190 in respect of any period of 12 months or any part thereof shall be payable to the Authority in
respect of the grant or renewal of a licence required by section 7 of the Ordinance for any radioactive substance. (L.N.
42 of 1976; L.N. 211 of 1989; L.N. 662 of 1994; L.N. 129 of 2006)
(2) A licence shall be issued in the name of the applicant and shall contain, so far as may be applicable, the
particulars specified in regulation 3 and any conditions imposed.
(3) A licence granted or renewed shall be valid for 12 months with effect from the date of grant or renewal
thereof or for such lesser period as may be specified in the licence.
(4) No licence shall be transferable.
(L.N. 98 of 1970)
Regulation: 5
Licence to be exhibited
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(1) A person to whom a licence has been issued or renewed under the Ordinance shall cause the licence to be
exhibited in a conspicuous place in the premises where the radioactive substance concerned is stored or otherwise
dealt with.
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(2) Any person who fails to comply with subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on
conviction to a fine of $6000. (L.N. 226 of 1990)
(L.N. 98 of 1970)
Regulation: 6
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Labelling
(1) No person shall store or convey, or cause or permit to be stored or conveyed, any container containing any
radioactive substance unless such container bears(a) in the case of any container in respect of which the dose rate of the radiation at any point on the
external surface of the container does not exceed(i) 2.5 microcoulombs per kilogram per 24 hours in the case of gamma or X radiation;
(ii) the equivalent of 2.5 microcoulombs per kilogram per 24 hours in the case of beta-radiation; or
(iii) those values of flux given in Table I to this regulation in the case of neutrons,
a label in the form of Label A prescribed in the Schedule (in this Part referred to as a White Label);
(b) in the case of any container in respect of which the dose rate of the radiation at any point on its
external surface exceeds the limits specified in paragraph (a) but does not exceed at any such point(i) 50 microcoulombs per kilogram per hour in the case of gamma or X radiation;
(ii) the equivalent of 50 microcoulombs per kilogram per hour in the case of beta-radiation; or
(iii) those values of flux given in Table II to this regulation in the case of neutrons,
or if measured at a distance of 1 m from any point on the external surface(iv) 2.5 microcoulombs per kilogram per hour in the case of gamma or X radiation;
(v) the equivalent of 2.5 microcoulombs per kilogram per hour in the case of beta-radiation; or
(vi) those values of flux given in Table III to this regulation in the case of neutrons,
a label in the form of Label B prescribed in the Schedule (in this Part referred to as a Yellow Label).
(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1), the limits for dose rates referred to for each type of radiation shall be
deemed to be equivalent in biological effectiveness.
(3) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and
liable on conviction to a fine of $15000. (L.N. 98 of 1970; L.N. 226 of 1990)
TABLE I
Neutron fluxes biologically equivalent to a dose rate of 2.5 microcoulombs per kilogram per 24 hours of gamma
radiation.
Flux: Neutrons/cm2s
111
111
56
11
4
3
2
2
Energy of neutrons
eV
0.025
eV
10
keV
10
MeV
0.1
MeV
0.5
MeV
1
MeV
2
MeV
3 to 10
TABLE II
Neutron fluxes biologically equivalent to a dose rate of 50 microcoulombs per kilogram per hour of gamma
radiation.
0.025
10
Energy of neutrons
eV
eV
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Flux: Neutrons/cm2s
53300
53300
3
26700
5330
2130
1600
1070
800
keV
MeV
MeV
MeV
MeV
MeV
10
0.1
0.5
1
2
3 to 10
TABLE III
Neutron fluxes biologically equivalent to a dose rate of 2.5 microcoulombs per kilogram per hour of gamma
radiation.
Flux: Neutrons/cm2s
2670
2670
1330
270
110
80
53
40
(L.N. 410 of 1982)
Energy of neutrons
eV
0.025
eV
10
keV
10
MeV
0.1
MeV
0.5
MeV
1
MeV
2
MeV
3 to 10
Regulation: 7
Conveyance of radioactive substances on vehicles or vessels 10 of 2005
08/07/2005
(1) No person shall move, or cause or permit to be moved, by land or water any radioactive substance except
under and in accordance with a written permit granted by the Authority.
(2) Except with the permission in writing of the Authority, no person shall convey, or cause or permit to be
conveyed, on any one vehicle or vessel at any one time more than 40 containers of radioactive substance bearing
White or Yellow Labels or, in the case of containers bearing Yellow Labels, such lesser number of containers as will
limit the total number of radiation units indicated on such Labels to a number not exceeding 40 units.
(3) For the purposes of subregulation (2), the total of the dose rates of the following types of radiation
measured at 1 m from the external surface of a package, at the place where the value is highest, shall be called the
number of radiation units for the package(a) for gamma-and/or X-radiation of energy greater than 200 keV: the number of microcoulombs per
kilogram per hour multiplied by 4;
(b) for gamma-and/or X-radiation of which more than 20% has an energy less than 200 keV: the number
of microcoulombs per kilogram per hour multiplied by 6;
(c) for beta-radiation: the number of microcoulombs per kilogram per hour multiplied by 4 which is
equivalent;
(d) for neutrons: the number of radiation units, according to the flux relationship given in the Table to this
subregulation. (L.N. 410 of 1982)
TABLE
Relationship of neutron flux to radiation unit.
Energy of neutrons
0.025
10
10
eV
eV
keV
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Flux equivalent to 1 radiation
unit (neutron/cm2s)
267
267
133
4
0.1
0.5
1
2
3 to 10
27
11
8
5
4
MeV
MeV
MeV
MeV
MeV
(4) No person shall convey, or cause or permit to be conveyed, any radioactive substance on any vehicle unless
there be conspicuously displayed at the front and rear thereof notices in English and Chinese indicating the presence
of such substance.
(5) No person shall convey, or cause or permit to be conveyed, any radioactive substance in any vehicle or
vessel except under the supervision of the owner, consignor or consignee of the substance or his representative
authorized in that behalf.
(6) (Repealed L.N. 226 of 1990)
(7) No person shall convey, or cause or permit to be conveyed, any goods classified in the Dangerous Goods
(Application and Exemption) Regulations (Cap 295 sub. leg. A) as being dangerous goods in the same vehicle as that
in which any radioactive substance is conveyed unless such dangerous goods are themselves radioactive substances.
(L.N. 226 of 1990; 10 of 2005 s. 211)
(8) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of(a) subregulation (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $15000; and
(b) subregulation (4), (5) or (7) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $6000.
(L.N. 98 of 1970; L.N. 226 of 1990)
Regulation: 8
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Storage
(1) No person shall store in any one place a greater number of containers containing any radioactive substance
and bearing White or Yellow Labels, as referred to in regulation 6, than 40 or such lesser number of containers that the
total number of radiation units indicated on such labels does not exceed 40 units:
Provided that the Authority may grant, subject to such conditions as it may think fit to impose, permission in
writing for this number of containers or radiation units, as the case may be, to be exceeded in any particular case
where the Authority is satisfied that adequate safety precautions exist.
(2) No person shall store, or cause or permit to be stored, any container containing any radioactive substance
and bearing a Yellow Label, as referred to in regulation 6, nearer to any area which is used for living accommodation
or as regularly occupied working space than the distance, measured in any direction, specified in the Table to this
subregulation appropriate to the number of radiation units specified therefor.
TABLE
Total number of radiation units shown on package
labels
up to 1
2 to 5
6 to 10
11 to 25
26 to 40
Minimum distance in metres from living
accommodation or regularly occupied
working space
A
B
C
D
3
3
3
4.5
8
3
3
4.5
11
4.5
3
4.5
18
6
3
4.5
27
9
3
4.5
(L.N. 410 of 1982)
(3) For the purposes of the Table to subregulation (2)(a) column A applies where there are no intervening goods, walls or other material of not less than the
density of water situated between the container containing the radioactive substance and the living
accommodation or working space in question;
(b) column B applies where there is situated not less than 0.6 m of goods or other material of not less than
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the density of water and at least one partition composed of sheet steel of not less than 12 mm in
thickness, or the equivalent in density thereto if composed of other material, between the container
containing the radioactive substance and the living accommodation or working space in question;
(c) column C applies where there is situated not less than 2 m of goods or other material of not less than
the density of water and at least 2 partitions composed of sheet steel of not less than 12 mm in
thickness, or the equivalent in density thereto if composed of other material, between the container
containing the radioactive substance and the living accommodation or working space in question;
(d) column D applies where there is situated not less than 4.2 m of goods or other material of not less than
the density of water and at least 2 partitions composed of sheet steel of not less than 12 mm in
thickness, or the equivalent in density thereto if composed of other material, between the container
containing the radioactive substance and the living accommodation or working space in question; and
(e) the density of water shall be taken to be 1 kilogram per cubic decimetre. (L.N. 410 of 1982)
(4) No person shall store, or cause or permit to be stored, any radioactive substance in any store or in a room of
any building unless there is conspicuously displayed on every entrance to such store or room a notice in English and
Chinese indicating the presence therein of such substance.
(5) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of subregulation (1), (2) or (4) shall be guilty of an
offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $15000. (L.N. 98 of 1970; L.N. 226 of 1990)
Regulation: 9
Disposal of radioactive waste
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(1) No person shall dispose of, or cause or permit the disposal of, any radioactive waste from any place
otherwise than by a method approved by the Board either generally by notification in the Gazette or in writing in any
particular case.
(2) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and
liable on conviction to a fine of $15000. (L.N. 98 of 1970; L.N. 226 of 1990)
Part:
III
Regulation: 10
CONTROL OF EXPOSURE
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Precautions with regard to exposure
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(1) No proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking shall cause or permit any
person employed therein to be exposed to ionizing radiations exceeding the dose limit as defined in relation to
irradiating apparatus in the Radiation (Control of Irradiating Apparatus) Regulations (Cap 303 sub. leg. B). (L.N. 153
of 1995)
(2) Any proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking who contravenes any of the
provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $15000. (L.N. 98 of
1970)
(L.N. 226 of 1990)
Regulation: 11
Register of employees
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(1) The proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking shall maintain, or cause to be
maintained, a register of every person employed in such undertaking in any work or process involving the handling of
any radioactive substance. (L.N. 98 of 1970)
(2) Every such register shall contain the following particulars relating to every person required to be registered
therein, namely(a) the name (together with any alias);
(b) photograph (adequate for identification);
(c) current residential address;
(d) the date of the last medical examination made in accordance with regulation 13 or 14, as the case may
be; and
(e) the dose of radiation received, as measured in accordance with regulation 12. (L.N. 228 of 1985)
(3) A copy of every register maintained in accordance with this regulation shall be filed with the Authority and
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thereafter a copy of every addition to or deletion from such register of any entry therein, except an entry relating to
subregulation (2)(e), shall be filed with the Authority within 7 days after such addition or deletion is made.
(4) Every register maintained in accordance with this regulation shall be open to inspection at all reasonable
times by any inspector.
(5) Any proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking who contravenes or fails to
comply with any of the provisions of this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of
$15000. (L.N. 98 of 1970; L.N. 226 of 1990)
Regulation: 12
Recording of personal exposure to radiation
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(1) The proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking shall make arrangements for
the wearing of, and shall direct every person employed in such undertaking in any process involving the handling or
transport of any unsealed radioactive substance to wear, a suitable personnel radiation monitoring device of a type
approved by the Board, during any period in which such person is liable to be exposed to radiation. (L.N 98 of 1970)
(2) Subject to subregulation (4A), the proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking
at his expense shall obtain the personnel radiation monitoring device referred to in subregulation (1) through the
Authority, or from an approved laboratory, and shall arrange for the device, identified by reference to the wearer
thereof, to be returned to the Authority or to the laboratory, as the case may be, for examination at such intervals as the
Authority may from time to time direct.
(3) Whenever a personnel radiation monitoring device is returned for examination to the Authority or to an
approved laboratory, as the case may be, the Authority, or the person in charge of the laboratory, shall cause the
device to be examined and, so soon as may be thereafter, shall issue to the proprietor who submitted the device for
examination a certificate stating the dose of radiation received as measured by the device.
(4) Every proprietor to whom a certificate in accordance with subregulation (3) is issued shall forthwith cause
the dose of radiation stated thereon to be entered in the register of employees required to be kept in accordance with
the provisions of regulation 11 against the name of the person by whom such personnel radiation monitoring device
was worn.
(4A) Notwithstanding subregulation (2), the proprietor of an affected undertaking or affected industrial
undertaking may, with the approval in writing of the Board, obtain at his own expense the personnel radiation
monitoring device referred to in subregulation (1) otherwise than through the Authority or from an approved
laboratory and shall in that case, cause at such intervals as the Board may from time to time direct, the dose of
radiation recorded by the device to be entered in the register of employees required to be kept in accordance with the
provisions of regulation 11, against the name of the person by whom the device was worn. (L.N. 228 of 1985)
(5) (a) Any proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking who fails to comply with
any of the provisions of this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine
of $15000.
(b) Any person who fails to wear a suitable personnel radiation monitoring device when so directed by the
proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking in which he is employed shall
be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $3000. (L.N. 226 of 1990)
(L.N. 228 of 1985)
Regulation: 13
Conditions for first employment
30/06/1997
(1) No proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking shall employ therein any
person in any work or process involving the handling or transport of any unsealed radioactive substance who(a) is under the age of 18 years; or
(b) has not, within the period of 4 months immediately preceding his first employment by such proprietor
in such work or process, undergone a medical examination by the panel, including blood examination
and the taking of relevant medical and occupational histories, and has been certified fit for such
employment.
(2) Any person may apply in writing to the Board for medical examination by the panel for the purpose of
complying with the requirements of subregulation (1)(b) and, upon receipt of the application, the Board shall direct the
panel to carry out, free of charge, such examination as soon as may be, but in any event not exceeding 14 days, after
receipt of the application and shall within 10 days after the examination supply to the applicant 2 copies of a
certificate certifying the date upon which the examination took place and whether the applicant was found to be fit or
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unfit, as the case may be, for employment in radiation work.
(3) For the purpose of this regulation the expression "first employment" (首次受僱) includes re-employment
in any work or process involving the handling of any radioactive substance following a cessation of such employment
for any period exceeding 14 months.
(4) Any proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking who contravenes any of the
provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $15000. (L.N. 226 of
1990)
(L.N. 98 of 1970)
Regulation: 14
Conditions for continued employment
30/06/1997
(1) No proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking shall continue to employ any
person for any period exceeding 14 months in any work involving the handling or transport of any unsealed
radioactive substance unless such person undergoes medical examination by the panel, including blood examination,
at intervals of not more than 14 months during the continuance of such employment and is after each examination
certified by the Board to be fit for such employment.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in subregulation (1), the Authority may require, by notice in writing
served upon the proprietor of such undertaking, that any person employed by him in any work or process involving the
handling or transport of any unsealed radioactive substance shall undergo medical examination by the panel, including
blood examination, at such time or at such lesser intervals than those specified in subregulation (1) as the Authority,
having regard to the circumstances of the case, may consider expedient to safeguard the health of such person; and if
such person fails to submit to examination or, after examination, is certified by the Board to be unfit for such
employment, such proprietor shall, forthwith upon receipt of notice in writing to that effect from the Authority, cease
to employ such person on such work or process.
(3) Whenever a notice in writing is served upon any proprietor of an affected undertaking or affected industrial
undertaking in pursuance of the powers conferred by subregulation (2), a copy thereof shall also be served upon the
person to which the notice relates.
(4) Any proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking who contravenes or fails to
comply with any of the provisions of subregulation (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a
fine of $15000. (L.N. 226 of 1990)
(L.N. 98 of 1970)
Regulation: 15
Presumptions as to exposure to radiation
L.N. 307 of 1998 04/09/1998
Any change in any part of the body of any person who has been engaged in any work or process involving the
handling or transport of any radioactive substance which, in the opinion of the panel, is consistent with the effects of
over-exposure to radiation shall be deemed to indicate over-exposure thereto.
(L.N. 307 of 1998)
Regulation: 16
Radiation Board to keep records of medical examinations L.N. 129 of 2006 01/07/2006
(1) The Board shall keep a record of every medical examination carried out by the panel in accordance with
these regulations and shall supply free of charge to any person so examined, and to the proprietor of the affected
undertaking or affected industrial undertaking, as the case may be, in which such person is employed, a certificate
certifying the date upon which the examination took place and whether such person was found to be fit or unfit to be
employed in any work or process involving the handling or transport of any unsealed radioactive substance. (L.N. 98
of 1970)
(2) Upon application, and upon payment of a fee of $30, the Board shall issue a certified copy of any certificate
referred to in subregulation (1) to the person to whom such certificate relates and to any present or past employer of
such person. (L.N. 211 of 1989; L.N. 662 of 1994; L.N. 129 of 2006)
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Regulation: 17
Medical examination and inquiry in cases of suspected
over-exposure to radiation
30/06/1997
(1) If the Authority, as a result of information received or otherwise, has reason to believe that any person
employed in any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking is suffering from over-exposure to radiation
the Authority shall, in the manner prescribed in regulation 14(2), require that such person be medically examined by
the panel; and if after such examination the Board is satisfied that such person is suffering from the effects of overexposure to radiation to an extent requiring medical treatment, the Board shall, in addition to any action which the
Board may consider appropriate under regulation 14, issue free of charge to such person a certificate certifying as to
his condition.
(2) Without prejudice to anything contained in subregulation (1), if the Authority has reason to believe that any
person employed in any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking is suffering from the effects of, or
appears to have been subject to, over-exposure to radiation, the Authority may appoint one or more representatives to
investigate the working conditions or the working habits of such person, together with any equipment used by him and
to make report thereon to the Authority.
(3) A copy of any report made pursuant to the provisions of subregulation (2) shall be forwarded by the
Authority to the Board.
(4) If any person wilfully obstructs or, by knowingly giving false information, endeavours to mislead any
representation of the Authority appointed under subregulation (2) in the carrying out of any investigation under this
regulation, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $3000. (L.N. 98 of 1970; L.N. 226 of
1990)
Part:
IV
Regulation: 18
WORKPLACES AND EQUIPMENT
30/06/1997
Construction and cleaning of workroom, etc.
30/06/1997
(1) The proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking shall cause(a) the floors and walls of an workrooms in which unsealed radioactive substances are used to be
constructed of smooth impervious material with all interstices effectively sealed, and to be so designed
as to permit of easy cleaning;
(b) all benches and tables on which unsealed radioactive substances are used to have a hard impervious
surface, with all interstices effectively sealed, and to be so designed as to permit of easy cleaning;
(c) all workers exposed to or liable to be exposed to ionizing radiations to be provided with seats of a
substantial pattern having smooth impervious surfaces capable of being readily cleaned.
(2) The proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking shall cause all benches or
tables on which unsealed radioactive substances are handled and all seats used by workers engaged in the handling
thereof to be cleaned at the end of each working day or shift and the floors of any workroom in which such substances
are used to be cleaned not less than once in each working day and the walls thereof not less than once in each week.
(3) Any proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking who fails to comply with any
of the provisions of this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $6000. (L.N. 98
of 1970; L.N. 226 of 1990)
Regulation: 19
Use of luminous compounds
30/06/1997
(1) The proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking(a) shall cause any luminous compound whenever practicable to be applied by a wet method;
(b) shall not cause or permit the use of brushes in any process for the application of any unsealed
radioactive substance without the written permission of the Authority; and
(c) shall not cause or permit luminous powder to be used in any process without the written permission of
the Authority.
(2) Any proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking who contravenes or fails to
comply with any of the provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine
of $6000. (L.N. 226 of 1990)
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(L.N. 98 of 1970)
Regulation: 20
Exhaust ventilation
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(1) No proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking shall cause or permit any work
involving the handling of any unsealed radioactive substance in powder, paste, gas or vapour form to be carried out by
any person except in a cabinet provided with exhaust ventilation of a type approved by the Authority.
(2) (a) Any proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking who contravenes any of
the provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of
$15000.
(b) Any person employed in any such undertaking who carries out any work referred to in subregulation
(1) otherwise than in a cabinet of a type referred to therein shall be guilty of an offence and liable on
conviction to a fine of $3000. (L.N. 226 of 1990)
(L.N. 98 of 1970)
Regulation: 21
Tool racks and cleaning of tools
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(1) The proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking shall, for the storage of tools
not in actual use, provide suitable racks on all work benches on which any unsealed radioactive substance is handled
and shall cause such racks and all such tools to be cleaned at the end of each working day or shift.
(2) Any proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking who fails to comply with any
of the provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $6000. (L.N.
98 of 1970; L.N. 226 of 1990)
Regulation: 22
Receptacles for certain substances
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(1) The proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking shall provide receptacles of a
kind approved by the Authority for all unsealed radioactive substances used or stored in such undertaking.
(2) Any proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking who fails to comply with any
of the provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $6000. (L.N.
98 of 1970; L.N. 226 of 1990)
Regulation: 23
Ventilation of drying stove
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(1) No proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking shall cause or permit the use of
any stove for the drying of any unsealed radioactive substance, or for the drying of any article to which any such
substance has been applied, which is not effectively ventilated to the open air to the satisfaction of the Authority.
(2) Any proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking who contravenes any of the
provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $6000. (L.N. 98 of
1970; L.N. 226 of 1990)
Regulation: 24
Provision of storage safes in certain cases
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(1) If so required by the Authority the proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking
shall provide and maintain for the storage of radioactive substances, including sealed sources, one or more storage
safes of a kind approved by the Authority, and shall ensure that all radioactive substances which are not in use are
stored therein and that only the minimum quantities required for immediate use are removed therefrom at any one
time.
(2) Every safe referred to in subregulation (1) which contains any radioactive substance which emits any
radioactive substance in gaseous form shall be provided with adequate ventilation to the open air.
(3) The proprietor shall ensure that no radioactive substance, including, any sealed source, is removed from the
safe referred to in subregulation (1) unless it is contained in a suitable protective container and is removed by a person
having reasonable experience or training in the use of radioactive substances.
(4) Any proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking who fails to comply with any
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of the provisions of this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $15000. (L.N. 98
of 1970; L.N. 226 of 1990)
Regulation: 25
Disposal and transport of radioactive waste
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(1) The proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking shall cause all radioactive
waste to be removed at frequent intervals from any workplace in which any radioactive substance, including any
sealed source, is handled, and in any case at the end of each working day or shift, and shall cause such waste to be
placed in one or more containers of a type approved by the Authority and thereafter disposed of in accordance with the
provisions of regulation 9.
(2) Any proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking who fails to comply with any
of the provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $6000. (L.N.
98 of 1970; L.N. 226 of 1990)
Regulation: 26
Method of cleaning
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(1) The proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking shall cause all cleaning which
is required to be done under these regulations to be done by a wet method and all implements used in such cleaning to
be properly washed after use and kept, when not in use, in a locked cupboard kept exclusively for that purpose.
(2) Any proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking who fails to comply with any
of the provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $6000. (L.N.
98 of 1970; L.N. 226 of 1990)
Part:
V
Regulation: 27
PRECAUTIONS FOR WORKERS
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Protective clothing, etc.
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(1) The proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking shall(a) cause every worker employed in such undertaking who is engaged in the handling of any unsealed
radioactive substance to be supplied with, and shall direct every such worker to wear, an overall of a
pattern approved by the Authority;
(b) cause any such overall after each occasion upon which it is used, either to be washed in such manner
as the Authority may approve for the purpose of preventing the spread of contamination, or to be
disposed of as radioactive waste in accordance with the provisions of regulation 9;
(c) cause every worker employed in such undertaking who is engaged in the handling of any unsealed
radioactive substance, in addition to the overall referred to in paragraph (a), to be supplied with, and
shall direct every such worker to wear rubber or plastic gloves for protecting the hands and suitable
headgear for protecting the hair;
(d) cause all such gloves to be washed each time they are removed from the wearers' hands after use and
such headgear, when in use, to be washed or renewed at least once each week in such manner as the
Authority may approve;
(e) cause every worker employed in such undertaking who is engaged in the handling of any unsealed
radioactive substance to be supplied with a locker to be used solely for the storage of personal
protective equipment;
(f) cause every worker employed in such undertaking who is engaged in the handling of any unsealed
radioactive substance to be provided with an adequate supply of paper handkerchiefs and shall direct
every such worker not to use any other handkerchief for any purpose while so engaged;
(g) cause arrangements to be made for the deposit in receptacles, of a type respectively approved by the
Authority, of used paper handkerchiefs requiring disposal and of used articles of personal protective
equipment requiring laundering;
(h) cause receptacle referred to in paragraph (g) to be at all times situated in every workroom, locker room
and ablution room used by any worker engaged in the handling of any unsealed radioactive substance
and shall cause each such receptacle to be emptied of its contents at the end of each working day or
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shift and the contents thereof disposed of in accordance with the provisions of regulation 9 as
radioactive waste, or, as the case may be, laundered or stored for laundering in a manner approved by
the Authority. (L.N. 386 of 1993)
(2) The Authority may, upon application in any particular case and upon being satisfied that adequate
alternative safety precautions are taken, by notice in writing addressed to the proprietor of any affected undertaking or
affected industrial undertaking in question waive all or any of the provisions of subregulation (1).
(3) Subject to the provisions of subregulation (2)(a) any proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking who fails to comply with
any of the provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a
fine of $15000.
(b) any person who fails to comply with any direction required to be given pursuant to any of the
provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $3000.
(L.N. 226 of 1990)
(L.N. 98 of 1970)
Regulation: 28
Protective screens
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(1) The proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking in which any person is
employed in any work or process involving the handling of any unsealed radioactive substance in liquid form shall
provide for the use of such person, and shall direct such person to use, a suitable protective screen so constructed that
it is or can be placed in a position between the face and the hands of the worker so as effectively to screen the face
from the work during the handling of the substance.
(2) (a) Any proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking who fails to comply with
any of the provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a
fine of $15000.
(b) Any person who fail to comply with any direction given by the proprietor of any affected undertaking
or affected industrial undertaking pursuant to the provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an
offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $3000. (L.N. 226 of 1990)
(L.N. 98 of 1970)
Regulation: 29
Washing facilities
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(1) The proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking shall provide washing
facilities with soap, towels and nail brushes and an adequate supply of water free from radioactive contamination for
the use of any person employed in any work or process involving the handling of any unsealed radioactive substance
or any containers of such substance, and shall direct any such person to make adequate use of such facilities.
(2) (a) Any proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking who fails to comply with
any of the provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a
fine of $15000.
(b) Any person who fails to comply with any direction given by the proprietor of any affected undertaking
or affected industrial undertaking given pursuant to the provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty
of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $3000. (L.N. 226 of 1990)
(L.N. 98 of 1970)
Regulation: 30
Prevention of bodily absorption of radioactive substance
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(1) No person shall, in any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking, introduce into any
workplace in which any radioactive substance is handled any article not essential to the processes performed in that
workplace and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, no food or drink, or utensil for the partaking of
food or drink, or any materials or articles for smoking or for the application of cosmetics shall be so introduced.
(2) Every worker employed in any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking who is engaged in
the handling of any radioactive substance shall(a) wash his hands before each meal; and
(b) before leaving his place of work, deposit all personal protective equipment in the locker or receptacle,
as the case may be, provided therefor in accordance with regulation 27(1)(e), (g) or (h) and thereafter
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wash his hands.
(3) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of subregulation (1) and any worker who fails to comply
with any of the provisions of subregulation (2) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $3000.
(L.N. 98 of 1970; L.N. 226 of 1990)
Regulation: 31
Prohibition of the use of mouth-operated equipment
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(1) No proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking shall cause or permit any
person employed therein in work involving the handling of any unsealed radioactive substance to operate by means of
his mouth any plant, apparatus or other equipment whatsoever.
(2) Any proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking who contravenes any of the
provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $15000. (L.N. 98 of
1970; L.N. 226 of 1990)
Part:
VI
Regulation: 32
SUPERVISION
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Supervision
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(1) The proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking shall appoint a person having
reasonable experience or training in the use of ionizing radiations or the handling of radioactive substances to
supervise any work carried on in such undertaking which involves such use or such handling.
(2) Any proprietor, of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking who fails to comply with any
of the provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $6000. (L.N.
98 of 1970; L.N. 226 of 1990)
Regulation: 33
Warning notices where ionizing radiations are used
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(1) If so required by the Authority, either generally by notification in the Gazette or in any particular case by
request in writing addressed to the proprietor, the proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial
undertaking, as the case may be, shall post such notices as the Authority may require to be posted in any place in the
undertaking in which ionizing radiations are used.
(2) The proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking who fails to post any notice
referred to in subregulation (1) when so required in accordance with the provisions of that subregulation shall be
guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $6000. (L.N. 98 of 1970; L.N. 226 of 1990)
Regulation: 34
Action to be taken in the event of spillage, loss, etc.
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(1) In the event of spillage or other loss of any radioactive substance in any affected undertaking or affected
industrial undertaking or in the course of any form of transportation or of any other occurrence in any such
undertaking, whether accidental or otherwise, of such a nature that the safety or health of any person is or may be
adversely affected thereby, the proprietor of such undertaking, or the carrier in the case of transportation, shall, so
soon as the fact of such spillage, loss or occurrence comes to his attention, cause a report of the circumstances to be
made to the Authority, and, if such report is made verbally, it shall be followed by a report in writing made within 48
hours thereafter.
(2) In the event of spillage of any radioactive substance in any affected undertaking or affected industrial
undertaking, the proprietor of such undertaking shall immediately order the removal of all persons from the workplace
affected; and shall so soon as may be thereafter cause the area to be cleansed by a wet method under the supervision of
such person as the Authority may designate for the purpose; and until the workplace has been cleansed to the
satisfaction of the person so designated and such person has so certified in writing, the proprietor shall permit only
such persons as may be required to effect the cleansing to enter the workplace.
(3) In the event of loss of any radioactive substance in any affected undertaking or affected industrial
undertaking, the Authority may take such steps as he considers necessary and practicable for the protection of any
person who might suffer injury as a result of the loss.
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(4) In the event of any other occurrence of the nature described in subregulation (1) in any affected undertaking
or affected industrial undertaking, the proprietor of such undertaking shall take such remedial action as the Authority
may direct.
(5) Any proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking who fails to comply with any
of the provisions of subregulation (1) or (2) or who fails to comply with any direction given by the Authority pursuant
to the provisions of subregulation (4), and any carrier who fails to comply with any of the provisions of subregulation
(1), shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $15000. (L.N. 98 of 1970; L.N. 226 of 1990)
Schedule:
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SCHEDULE
[regulation 6]
LABEL A
LABEL B
(L.N. 410 of 1982; L.N. 228 of 1985)
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