Radioactive Substances Act 1957 Repealed! Jurisdiction Australia - New South Wales Year 1957 Published in English Source In: Australian Industrial Safety, Health and Welfare, CCH Australia Ltd., CNR Talavera & Khartoum Roads, Box 230, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia, Vol.2, 6p. (pages numbered 59,501 - 59,522). Serial number CCH Australia 64-750 Descriptors [Primary] Australia, New South Wales, particulate radiation, radioactive substances [Secondary] law, public OSH institutions, replaced Subject category Physical hazards Abstract This law was assented to on 25 Mar. 1957 and it commenced on 6 Apr. 1959. Amendments up to 1 Sep. 1987 are included. The Act controls and regulates the possession, sale and use of radioactive substances and the possession and use of certain apparatus capable of producing radiation. It also establishes a Radiological Advisory Council, the functions of which it defines. CIS No. 93-1766 Database ID 61392