Section 2

Interpretation

of Radiation Protection Act

ActIn forceProvision 2 of 36

(1)

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -

"authorised officer" means any person appointed as an authorised officer under section 5(3);

"Authority" means the Authority appointed under section 5(1);

"controlled apparatus" means -

(a)

an apparatus that produces ionising radiation when energised or that would, if assembled or repaired, be capable of producing ionising radiation when energised;

(b)

an apparatus that produces ionising radiation because it contains radioactive material;

(c)

an apparatus prescribed by regulations made under this

Act that produces harmful non-ionising radiation when energised;

"conveyance" includes any vessel, vehicle, aircraft or other mode of transport;

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"disposal", in relation to waste, includes -

(a)

its removal, deposit or destruction;

(b)

its discharge, whether onto land, into water or air, into a sewer or drain, or otherwise; and

(c)

its burial, whether underground or otherwise, and "dispose of" shall be construed accordingly;

"IAEA"

means the International Atomic Energy Agency •

established by the IAEA Statute;

"IAEA inspector" means an individual designated as an inspector by the IAEA Board of Governors according to the procedures set out in the Safeguards Agreement to carry out an inspection or a visit in accordance with that Agreement;

"IAEA Statute" means the Statute of the International Atomic

Energy Agency, being the Statute which was ratified by Brunei

Darussalam on 1 8th February 20 14, and includes any amendment to, or substitution of, the Statute that is binding on Brunei

Darussalam;

"ionising radiation"

means electromagnetic radiation and corpuscular radiation which give rise to the formation of ion pairs on interaction with matter;

"licence" means a licence granted under section 8(3)(a);

"licensee" means a person granted with a licence;

"medical practitioner" means any person who is registered or deemed to be registered as a medical practitioner under the

Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act (Chapter 112);

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for radiation protection and nuclear safety matters;

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"non-ionising radiation" means electromagnetic radiation and fields with wavelengths greater than 100 nanometers and all acoustic radiation and fields with frequencies below 16 Hz and above 16 kHz;

"nuclear material" has the meaning assigned to it in the Schedule;

"owner", in relation to any premises, includes the person for the time being receiving the rent for the premises, whether on his own a

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account or as an agent or a trustee for any other person, or the person who would so receive the rent if the premises were let to a tenant;

"premises" includes any place whether enclosed or built on or not, whether situated underground or under water and, in particular, includes -

(a)

any building or conveyance;

(b)

any structure, whether a fixed structure or a movable structure such as tent; and

(c)

a part of any premises, including a part of premises of a kind referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);

"radiation" means ionising radiation or non-ionising radiation;

"radioactive material" means any material containing a radioactive substance giving it a specific or total radioactivity greater than 70

becquerels per gram (70 Bqlg) (0.002 u(i/g) or 70 kBq/kg;

"radioactive substance" means a radionuclide or mixture of radionuclides, either alone or in chemical combination with other elements;

"radioactive waste" means any waste which consists wholly or partly of -

(a)

the substance or article which, if it were not waste, would be radioactive material; or

(b)

a substance or an article which has been contaminated in the course of the production, keeping or use of radioactive material or by contact with, or proximity to other waste falling within paragraph (a).

"radionuclide"

means an isotope of any element which spontaneously emits any ionising radiation;

"Safeguards Agreement" means the Agreement between Brunei

Darussalam and the IAEA for the Application of Safeguards in connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear

Weapons signed on 4th November 1987, and includes -

(a)

that Agreement as amended from time to time; and

(b)

the protocol thereto signed on 4th November 1987;

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"sell" includes -

(a)

supplying or otherwise dealing in or disposing of, whether by way of sale, loan or gift;

(b)

offering or attempting to sell, receiving for sale, exposing for sale, having in possession for sale, sending or delivering for sale, or causing to be sold, offered or exposed for sale; and

(c)

barter;

and "sale" and "purchase" shall have corresponding meanings.

(2)

Any word or expression used and not defined in this Act but defined in the Safeguards Agreement shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meaning as in the Safeguards Agreement.

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Section 2

Interpretation

of Radiation Protection Act

ActIn forceProvision 2 of 36

(1)

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -

"authorised officer" means any person appointed as an authorised officer under section 5(3);

"Authority" means the Authority appointed under section 5(1);

"controlled apparatus" means -

(a)

an apparatus that produces ionising radiation when energised or that would, if assembled or repaired, be capable of producing ionising radiation when energised;

(b)

an apparatus that produces ionising radiation because it contains radioactive material;

(c)

an apparatus prescribed by regulations made under this

Act that produces harmful non-ionising radiation when energised;

"conveyance" includes any vessel, vehicle, aircraft or other mode of transport;

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"disposal", in relation to waste, includes -

(a)

its removal, deposit or destruction;

(b)

its discharge, whether onto land, into water or air, into a sewer or drain, or otherwise; and

(c)

its burial, whether underground or otherwise, and "dispose of" shall be construed accordingly;

"IAEA"

means the International Atomic Energy Agency •

established by the IAEA Statute;

"IAEA Statute" means the Statute of the International Atomic

Energy Agency, being the Statute which was ratified by Brunei

Darussalam on 1 8th February 20 14, and includes any amendment to, or substitution of, the Statute that is binding on Brunei

Darussalam;

"ionising radiation"

means electromagnetic radiation and corpuscular radiation which give rise to the formation of ion pairs on interaction with matter;

"licence" means a licence granted under section 8(3)(a);

"licensee" means a person granted with a licence;

"medical practitioner" means any person who is registered or deemed to be registered as a medical practitioner under the

Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act (Chapter 112);

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for radiation protection and nuclear safety matters;

•

"non-ionising radiation" means electromagnetic radiation and fields with wavelengths greater than 100 nanometers and all acoustic radiation and fields with frequencies below 16 Hz and above 16 kHz;

"nuclear material" has the meaning assigned to it in the Schedule;

"owner", in relation to any premises, includes the person for the time being receiving the rent for the premises, whether on his own a

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account or as an agent or a trustee for any other person, or the person who would so receive the rent if the premises were let to a tenant;

"premises" includes any place whether enclosed or built on or not, whether situated underground or under water and, in particular, includes -

(a)

any building or conveyance;

(b)

any structure, whether a fixed structure or a movable structure such as tent; and

(c)

a part of any premises, including a part of premises of a kind referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);

"radiation" means ionising radiation or non-ionising radiation;

"radioactive material" means any material containing a radioactive substance giving it a specific or total radioactivity greater than 70

becquerels per gram (70 Bqlg) (0.002 u(i/g) or 70 kBq/kg;

"radioactive substance" means a radionuclide or mixture of radionuclides, either alone or in chemical combination with other elements;

"radioactive waste" means any waste which consists wholly or partly of -

(a)

the substance or article which, if it were not waste, would be radioactive material; or

(b)

"radionuclide"

means an isotope of any element which spontaneously emits any ionising radiation;

"Safeguards Agreement" means the Agreement between Brunei

Darussalam and the IAEA for the Application of Safeguards in connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear

Weapons signed on 4th November 1987, and includes -

(a)

that Agreement as amended from time to time; and

(b)

the protocol thereto signed on 4th November 1987;

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"sell" includes -

(a)

supplying or otherwise dealing in or disposing of, whether by way of sale, loan or gift;

(b)

offering or attempting to sell, receiving for sale, exposing for sale, having in possession for sale, sending or delivering for sale, or causing to be sold, offered or exposed for sale; and

(c)

barter;

and "sale" and "purchase" shall have corresponding meanings.

(2)

Any word or expression used and not defined in this Act but defined in the Safeguards Agreement shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meaning as in the Safeguards Agreement.

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