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Radiation Safety and Security Act, 2024 – 8.

No. 8 of 2024. Radiation Safety and Security Act, 2024. Saint Christopher

and Nevis.

1. Short title.

2. Interpretation.

3. Application of Act.

4. Act to bind the Crown.

5. Objects of Act.

   Arrangement of Sections

   PART I

   Preliminary

   
   

   PART II

   Prohibitions

6. Prohibition of ionizing radiation.

7. Restrictions on importation of radioactive material.

   PART III

   Bureau of Radiation Safety and Security

8. Radiation Safety and Security Body.

9. Committee for Radiation Safety and Security.

   PART IV

   Notification and Licensing

10. Notification of Proposed Activity.

11. Prohibition of Activity or Practice without Licence.

12. Application for Licence.

13. Review of Licences.

14. Radiation safety plan.

15. Publication of High Category Source Application.

16. Refusal of application.

17. Conditions of a Licence.

18. Renewal of Licence.

19. Variation of Licence.

20. Non-transferability, Validity and Suspension of Licence.

21. Notice of suspension or non-compliance.

22. Revocation of licence.

    
    

23. Appointment of inspectors.

24. Inspection programme.

25. Identification card.

    PART V

    Inspection

26. Duties and Powers of Inspectors.

27. Validity of decisions of inspectors.

28. Report on actions taken.

29. Limitations on personal liability.

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30. Enforcement action.

31. Fixed Penalty.

32. General penalty.

33. Appeals Tribunal.

    
    

    Part VI

    Enforcement and penalties

    
    

    PART VII

    Radiation protection and safety

34. Applicable Principles for radiation protection and safety.

35. Regulations for Protection of Persons from injury.

36. Requirements for radiation protection.

37. Obligations of licensee.

38. Medical practices.

39. Protection of patients.

    PART VIII

    Emergency preparedness and response

40. National Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan.

41. Emergency plans for Licensee Applicants.

42. Requirements for emergency plans.

    PART IX

    Nuclear security and physical protection

43. Regulations for physical protection.

44. Safety and Security of radioactive sources.

45. Notification of threats to other states et al.

46. Unlawful handling of radioactive or nuclear material and devices.

47. Theft, Fraud, Threats, Unlawful Transfer or Exportation of radioactive or nuclear material.

48. Proliferation financing.

49. Unlawfully breaking or removing a seal.

50. Use or dispersal of radioactive nuclear material.

51. Confidentiality.

52. Jurisdiction.

    PART X

    Specific provisions

53. Safety and security of radioactive sources.

54. National Register of radiation sources.

55. Export, import and transit of radioactive sources.

56. Security measures for radioactive sources.

57. Loss of control over radioactive sources.

58. Liability insurance.

59. Transportation of radioactive material.

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    PART X

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60. Radioactive waste management policy.

61. Management of radioactive waste.

62. Principles for management of radioactive waste.

63. Exportation of radioactive waste.

64. Decommissioning.

    PART XI

    Safeguards

65. Implementation of Safeguards Agreement.

66. Cooperation in the application of safeguard measures.

67. System of accounting and control of nuclear material.

    
    

    
    

68. Regulations.

69. Transitional. Schedule

PART XII

Miscellaneous and Transitional