ATOMIC ENERGY

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ATOMIC ENERGY

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

    SECTION

PART I
PRELIMINARY

    1.    Short title

    2.    Interpretation

    3.    Scope

    4.    Objectives

PART II
THE ATOMIC ENERGY REGULATORY AUTHORITY

    5.    Establishment of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority

    6.    Composition of Board

    7.    Responsibilities and functions of the Authority

    8.    Delegation of powers and assignment of functions

    9.    Meetings of the Board

    10.    Tenure of office and filling of vacancies

    11.    Advisory committees and consultants

    12.    Allowances of members of Board

    13.    Disclosure of interest

    14.    Prohibition of publication or disclosure

    15.    Seal of the Authority

    16.    Composition of the Secretariat

    17.    Functions of the Secretariat

PART III
FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

    18.    Funding of the Authority

    19.    Financial year

    20.    Accounts

    21.    Annual Report

PART IV
NOTIFICATION AND LICENSING

    22.    Requirement for a notification

    23.    Requirement for a licence

    24.    Licensing process

    25.    Conditions of granting licences

    26.    Validity, renewal and transfer of licences

    27.    Modification of conditions of licence

    28.    Refusal to issue a licence

    29.    Revocation and suspension of licence

    30.    Relinquishment of licence

PART V
RESPONSIBILITIES OF A LICENSEE

    31.    Responsibilities of licensee

    32.    Duty of licensee to appoint radiation safety officer

    33.    Notice of intended termination of operations

    34.    Notice of incidents or accidents

    35.    Liability of licensee

PART VI
INSPECTIONS AND ENFORCEMENT

    36.    Inspections programme

    37.    Conduct of inspections

    38.    Appointment of inspectors

    39.    Powers and functions of inspectors

    40.    Duty of inspectors

    41.    Compliance order

    42.    Compliance order in urgent matters

PART VII
RADIATION SAFETY PRINCIPLE

    43.    Fundamental principles

    44.    Regulatory control of radiation safety

PART VIII
MEDICAL PRACTICES

    45.    Medical practices involving the use of radiation sources

    46.    Protection of patients

PART IX
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

    47.    Requirement for an emergency plan

    48.    Compliance with the emergency plan

    49.    National plan for radiation emergencies

    50.    Emergencies with trans-boundary effects

PART X
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT

    51.    Prohibition of the import of radioactive waste

    52.    General principles

    53.    Regulations on radioactive waste management

    54.    Licence requirement for radioactive waste

    55.    Responsibility for safety and security of radioactive waste

    56.    Disposal plan

    57.    Export of radioactive waste

PART XI
TRANSPORTATION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL

    58.    Requirement for a licence to transport radioactive material

    59.    Regulations on transportation of radioactive material

PART XII
MINING AND PROCESSING

    60.    Licence for mining and processing radioactive minerals

    61.    Application for a licence

    62.    Responsibilities of a licensee for safety and security of activities

PART XIII
SECURITY, PHYSICAL PROTECTION AND SAFEGUARDS

    63.    National register of radioactive sources

    64.    Import and export of radioactive sources

    65.    Recovery of orphan sources

    66.    Peaceful use commitments

    67.    Prohibited activities

    68.    Application of safeguards

    69.    Cooperation in implementation of safeguards

PART XIV
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES

    70.    Offences relating to licences

    71.    Hindering and obstructing of inspectors

    72.    Offences relating to records

    73.    Prohibition of disclosure of information by employee of Authority

    74.    Handling of radioactive or nuclear material and devices

    75.    Use of radioactive or nuclear material

    76.    General offences and penalty

    77.    Extraditable offences

PART XV
APPEALS

    78.    Appeal procedure

PART XVI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

    79.    Indemnification

    80.    Confidentiality of sources of information

    81.    Offences by corporate bodies

    82.    Regulations

    83.    Transitional provisions

16 of 2011
G.N. 20/2012

    An Act to provide for adequate protection of the people and the environment in present and future generations against the harmful effects of ionizing radiation by controlling and regulating the importation, exportation, production, processing, handling, use, holding, storage, transportation and disposal of radiation sources, nuclear materials, and any other radioactive materials; to provide for the establishment of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority and provide for its governance and management; and to provide for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto

PART I
PRELIMINARY

1.    Short title

    This Act may be cited as the Atomic Energy Act.

2.    Interpretation

    In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

    “accident” means any event relating to a radiation source, including an operating error, equipment failure or other mishap, the consequences or potential consequences of which are not negligible from the point of view of radiation safety or nuclear security;

    “activity” means the design, manufacture, construction, import, export, distribution, sale, loan, commissioning, use, operation, maintenance, repair, transfer, decommissioning or possession of radiation sources for industrial, education, research, agricultural and medical purposes; the transport of radioactive materials; the mining and processing of radioactive minerals; the…