Section 43
Regulations
(1)
The Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and
Yang Di-Pertuan, make such regulations as may be necessary or expedient to give full effect to the provisions of this Act and for the due administration thereof and, in particular, may make regulations for or with respect to -
(a)
the form and manner of applying for and granting, and the fees for licences and renewals thereof, and the matters to be taken into consideration in respect of any application for or for the renewal of a licence or in respect of any proposal to suspend or cancel a licence;
(b)
the granting of different classes or types of licences under this
Act;
(c)
the form of the registers to be kept under this Act;
(4 regulating the sale, purchase or manufacture of, or the dealing with, any radioactive substance and controlled apparatus;
(e)
regulating the transport, storage, use and disposal of any radioactive substance or controlled apparatus;
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V ) preventing injury by radiation to any person;
(8)
securing the safe disposal of any radioactive waste product resulting from the manufacture, production. treatment, storage or use of any radioactive substance;
(h)
imposing requirements with respect to the construction or structural alteration of buildings used or intended to be used for the manufacture, production, treatment, storage or use of any radioactive substance, or in which any controlled apparatus is used or intended to be used;
(i)
requiring persons who are exposed or are likely to be exposed to the risk of disease due to radiation from any radioactive substance or controlled apparatus to submit to screening and decontamination procedures by such persons as may be approved by the Authority, as well as to medical examinations, including blood tests;
0) prohibiting the use of any prescribed radioactive substance or any prescribed class or description of controlled apparatus either generally, or for prescribed purposes or otherwise than for prescribed purposes;
(k)
prescribing the maximum working hours and minimum age of persons engaged in the manufacture. production, treatment, storage, sale or use of any radioactive substance or the use, testing or repair of any controlled apparatus, prescribing the minimum holidays to be taken by those persons, and providing for the medical examination of those persons;
(1)
regulating the use of any radioactive substance for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes;
(m)
regulating the dispensing and compounding of any prescription containing any radioactive substance;
(n)
providing for the making of returns by owners of radioactive materials of the quantities and classes of radioactive materials held by them;
(0)
providing for the keeping by purchasers of radioactive substances of records specifying the purposes to which those
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(p)
providing for the keeping of records of all application of radioactive substances or controlled apparatus for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes;
(q)
regulating the registration of mobile radioactive and controlled laboratories;
(r)
prescribing the fees payable for services rendered by the
Authority;
(s)
prescribing offences in respect of the contravention of any regulations made under this section, and prescribing penalties, not exceeding $50,000, imprisonment term not exceeding 6 months or both, that may, on conviction, be imposed in respect of any such offence; and
(t)
any other matter which is required or permitted to be prescribed or which is necessary or expedient to be prescribed to carry out or give effect to the provisions of this Act.
(2)
Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (I), the Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, make regulations for the purposes of implementing the Safeguards Agreement or any agreement that is concluded between Brunei Darussalam and the IAEA pursuant to the Safeguards Agreement, and, in particular, may make regulations for or with respect to -
(a)
imposing on any importer, exporter, agent. forwarding agent, common carrier, consignor or consignee of goods or on any owner, agent, master or person in charge of a conveyance as may be prescribed in the regulations, the duty to furnish -
(i)
to the Authority; or
(ii)
to the owner, agent, master or person in charge of a conveyance, or to such other person as may be prescribed, such particulars, information or documents as may be prescribed in respect of any nuclear material that is imported or exported;
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(b)
requiring the master of any vessel to attend at the office of the
Authority or Port Master. and to hmish such particulars. information and documents, as may be prescribed;
(c)
prohibiting the issuance of a port clearance to the master of any vessel pending compliance with any provision of the regulations;
and
(4 the registration of any nuclear material that is imported or exported.
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