Radiation Protection Amendment Regulations 2013


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Radiation Protection Amendment Regulations 2013

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Radiation Protection Act 2005 .

26 June 2013

PETER G. UNDERWOOD

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

MICHELLE O'BYRNE

Minister for Health

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Radiation Protection Amendment Regulations 2013 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on 1 July 2013.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Radiation Protection Regulations 2006 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Regulation 42 amended (Exemptions for radiation sources used in educational institutions)

Regulation 42(1) of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting paragraph (c) from the definition of educational institution and substituting the following paragraph:
(c) TasTAFE created by the Training and Workforce Development Act 2013 ;

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 28 June 2013

These regulations are administered in the Department of Health and Human Services.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Radiation Protection Regulations 2006 to substitute a reference to TasTAFE for a reference to the Tasmanian Polytechnic consequent on the repeal of the Education and Training (Tasmanian Polytechnic) Act 2008 by the Training and Workforce Development (Repeals and Consequential Amendments) Act 2013 and the creation of TasTAFE by the Training and Workforce Development Act 2013 .