Hong Kong Regulations

IMPORT (RADIATION) (PROHIBITION) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 1A

Interpretation

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)