Radiation (Safety Control) Act 1978 Jurisdiction Australia - Northern Territory Year 1978 Published in English Source In: Australian Industrial Safety, Health and Welfare, CCH Australia Ltd., CNR Talavera and Khartoum Roads, Box 230, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia, Vol.3, 13p. (pages numbered 89,031 - 89,095). Serial number CCH Australia - 92-300 Descriptors [Primary] Australia, Northern Territory, particulate radiation, radioactive substances [Secondary] inspection, law, licensing of undertakings, medical supervision, permissible radiation doses, radiation monitoring, transport Subject category Physical hazards Abstract This Act received assent on 23 Aug. 1978 and commenced on 1 Feb. 1980. It includes amendments up to 28 Nov. 1983. Contents: definitions; scope and exemptions; powers of inspectors; licensing of persons to possess, manufacture, purchase, use, sell, handle or dispose of radioactive substances and irradiating apparatus; keeping of records; obligations of licensees; medical examinations; duties of radiation safety officers; duties of persons on licensed premises; radiation measurement; duty of employers to ensure that persons on their premises do not receive radiation doses in excess of the maximum permissible dose; precautions against excessive radiation doses; keeping of radiation dose exposure records; reporting of excessive doses; registration of irradiating apparatus; rules for the transport and storage of radioactive substances; penalties. CIS No. 92-1772 Database ID 59175