IMPORT (RADIATION) (PROHIBITION) REGULATIONS
- CHAPTER 60K

IMPORT (RADIATION) (PROHIBITION) REGULATIONS - LONG TITLE  
Empowering section VerDate:30/06/1997



IMPORT (RADIATION) (PROHIBITION) REGULATIONS*

(Cap 60, section 31)

[20 November 1959]

(G.N.A. 73 of 1959)
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Note:
*	These regulations were formerly cited as the Importation 
(Prohibition) (Radiation) Regulations.



IMPORT (RADIATION) (PROHIBITION) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 1
Citation VerDate:30/06/1997



These regulations may be cited as the Import (Radiation) (Prohibition) 
Regulations.



IMPORT (RADIATION) (PROHIBITION) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 1A
Interpretation VerDate:30/06/1997



In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-
"irradiating apparatus" (輻照儀器) means any apparatus which-

        (a)	is intended to produce or emit ionizing radiation; or

        (b)	is capable of producing or emitting ionizing radiation at a 
dose rate exceeding 5 µSv per hour at a distance of 5 cm from any 
accessible point of the surface of the apparatus;
"radioactive substance" (放射性物質) means any substance which consists of or 
contains any radioactive chemical element whether natural or artificial 
and whose specific activity exceeds 75 bequerels of parent radioactive 
chemical element per gram of substance.
(L.N. 541 of 1995)
"irradiating apparatus" (輻照儀器)
"radioactive substance" (放射性物質)


IMPORT (RADIATION) (PROHIBITION) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 2
Prohibition of import of articles in Schedule except under licence VerDate:30/06/1997




(1)	No person shall import any article specified in the Schedule 
except under and in accordance with an import licence granted by the 
Director.

(1A)	Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of any article in 
transit.  (L.N. 298 of 1991)

(2)	Any person who contravenes the provisions of paragraph (1) 
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of $10000 and 
to imprisonment for 1 year.



IMPORT (RADIATION) (PROHIBITION) REGULATIONS - SCHEDULE  
SCHEDULE VerDate:30/06/1997



[regulation 2]

1.	Any radioactive substance and any article containing any 
radioactive substance.
2.	Any irradiating apparatus.
(L.N. 541 of 1995)